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Prosperity, Security, Stability
These are anxious times. Much that we take for granted in the way the world is ordered is in flux. The brief moment when scholars talked confidently of the ‘End of History’ has passed. Change is no longer an option, … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Blog, Brexit, Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Europe, European, Finance, International, Migration, People, Policy, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost, Trump
Tagged anxiety, assets, Brexit, capitalism, change, cities, climate, communities, economy, energy, environment, extreme weather, finance, globalisatin, health, innovation, investment, OECD, opportunity, policy, politics, pollution, population, poverty, prosperity, resources, responsibility, risk, security, stability, sustainable development, transition, Trump, urban
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Tom Burke – E3G – One Planet Summit – Channel 4 News – 12 Dec 17
What’s going to make the difference in people’s lives, is what happens in the real economy. What we’ve seen is the financial community getting into this game because they have understood the level of risk if we don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Channel 4 News, Climate Change, coal, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Finance, In the media, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost, Trump
Tagged business, carbon, climate, climate change, coal, E3G, economy, emissions, Europe, Exxon, finance, fossil fuel, investment, Macron, One Climate Summit, opportunity, Paris Agreement, risk, Trump, World Bank
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IEA projection of oil consumption peak goes against what many in the industry believe – Share Radio
Share Radio: Let’s take a look at oil, because oil consumption is tipped to peak no sooner than 2040, even if the Paris climate agreement is implemented, that is according to the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Radio, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged Air BNB, batteries, climate, economy, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, emissions, finance, fossil fuel, gas, global warming, IEA, investment, low-carbon, oil, oil price, OPEC, opportunity, Paris, pension, petrol, pressure, Renewables, revenues, risk, security, Shell, tax, transport, Trump, Uber, vehicles
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‘Climate, Responsibility and Risk’ – REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE AT THE ESG INVESTMENT FORUM
REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE AT THE ESG INVESTMENT FORUM, AMBA HOTEL, CHARING CROSS, OCTOBER 26TH 2016. ‘Climate, Responsibility and Risk’ Thank you for inviting me to speak to … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, EU, Europe, Finance, HFC, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Security, The Human Cost
Tagged 2 degrees, Brexit, carbon, climate, climate change, climate crisis, crisis, economic crisis, economy, energy, Energy Union, environment, ESG, EU, finance, fossil fuel, global economy, HFCs, investment, low-carbon, money, nationalism, policy, Renewables, risk, safe, security, stability, transition, urgency
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Is nuclear power a ticking time bomb? – France24 Debate – 8 Mar 16
I think that you really want to consider much more than just the body count of deaths when you look to evaluate a complicated problem like this. This has been a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, International, Nuclear, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged accident, Arriva, bills, Britain, Chinese, consumers, cost, delays, economy, EDF, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy bills, EPR, finance, France, Fukushima, Hinkley, investment, Japan, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear industry, radiation, reactor, regulation, Renewables, safety
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Tom Burke talks to LBC about nuclear power, Hinkley Point and EDF – 07 Mar 16
Clive Bull: A top EDF boss has resigned over the company’s plans to build Britain’s first new nuclear power plant for decades. There is an ongoing row over the 18 billion pound cost, part … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, Nuclear, Radio, renewables
Tagged bills, Britain, Chancellor, China, climate change, consumers, cost, economy, EDF, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, environment, finance, fossil fuel, France, Fukushima, Germany, government, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, investment, Japan, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, power, renewable energy, Renewables, safety, solar, wind
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Letters to PM warned of the risks of going ahead with Hinkley Point
In March 2012, on the anniversary of Fukushima, I drafted a letter to the Prime Minister that was signed by myself and three other former Directors of Friends of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear
Tagged David Cameron, EDF, energy, EPR, finance, FoE, Friends of the Earth, Fukushima, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, nuclear, PM, power station, Prime Minister, reactor, risk
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Is there really a need for Hinkley Point to be built? – World at One – Radio 4 – 16 Feb 16
BBC: So Is there a really need for Hinkley Point to be built? Tom Burke: There isn’t actually, there’s lots and lots more things that we can do. There is no need to replace nuclear with nuclear, or … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, DECC, Domestic, E3G, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Nuclear, Politics, Radio, renewables, Security
Tagged bad deal, BBC, bill payers, bills, Britain, budget, capacity, confidence, delays, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy bills, finance, French, gas, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, late, National Grid, nuclear, nuclear industry, Radio 4, reactor, reliable, Renewables, security, solar, UK, wind
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Are extreme weather events becoming the norm? Tom Burke – Sky News – 30 Dec 15
Sky News: Now let’s return to the floods now and find out what is causing all of this? Let’s talk to environmentalist and former government adviser Tom Burke, who is in central London, Good morning to you. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Britain, business, carbon, carbon emissions, cities, climate, Climate Change Committee, COP21, deforestation, drought, emissions, environment, Environment Agency, events, extreme events, finance, flood, flood defences, flood plains, floods, government, homes, impact, insurance, MET office, Paris, risk, rivers, Sky News, Summit, trees, weather, wildfires
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Even if the global warming scare were a hoax, we would still need it – The Telegraph
This article was first published in The Telegraph China is the low-carbon superpower and will be the ultimate enforcer of the COP21 climate deal in Paris By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Chinese scientists have published two alarming … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, Finance, International, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, renewables, Security, The Telegraph
Tagged Antarctic, Arctic, Beijing, carbon, carbon budget, carbon emissions, China, Chinese, climate, climate deal, climate sceptics, CO2, coal, coastal, Communist Party, COP21, decarbonisation, economics, economy, electricity, emissions, emissions trading, energy, Europe, finance, fossil Industry, funds, gas, glaciers, global warming, Goldman Sachs, GoldWind, growth, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, infrastructure, investment, Japan, LED, low-carbon, Mekong, melt, natural gas, nuclear, oil, onshore wind, Paris, permafrost, President Xi, recession, renewable energy, Renewables, Russian gas, security, Shanghai, solar, technology, The Telegraph, Tibetan, US, vehicles, warming, water, wind, Yangtze, Yellow River
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