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Tag Archives: floods
Ladybird Book on climate change by Prince Charles – Sky News – 22 Jan 17
The duty of a constitutional monarch in Britain is to advise warn and encourage, and that is exactly what he is doing with this book [on climate change]. He is advising us about a problem that we really … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environment, In the media, International, Interviews, Politics, renewables, Sky News, Sustainability
Tagged America, book, carbon, children, China, climate, climate change, energy, extreme weather, floods, low carbon economy, Prince Charles, Renewables, risk, Trump, warning
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Donald Trump will have to deal with climate change – Sky News
Sky News: The adventurer Sir David Hempleman-Adams has called on politicians to stop stalling and keep their promises to slow climate change. It was after he witnessed the impact of global warming during an expedition to the … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Energy, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged adventurer, Arctic, carbon, climate, climate action, climate change, David Hempleman-Adams, emissions, explorer, famine, flooding, floods, global warming, ice, melt, North Pole, Obama, Paris Climate Agreement, risk, Sky News, storms, threat, Trump, UN, US, warming
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Will flood exercises better prepare us? – Sky News – 12 Sep 16
Sky News: The Environment agency is beginning to prepare for the winter months ahead, they are training with new barriers, pumps, vehicles and drones to test their flood responses. Well, joining me now is … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Finance, In the media, Interviews, People, Politics, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged climate, climate change, coastal, communities, community, damage, E3G, emergency, Environment Agency, ethical investment, extreme weather, flood defences, flood plains, flood response, flooding, floods, forests, infrastructure, insurance, investment, rain, risk, rivers, sea level, Tom Burke, water, weather, woods
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Within the EU, Britain can take the lead on tackling climate change
This piece first appeared in The Guardian Letter from John Gummer, Chris Huhne, Adair Turner, Craig Bennett, Tom Burke, Amy Cameron, Michael Jacobs, John Sauven, Matthew Spencer, James Thornton and Crispin Tickell Britain … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Security, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged Bremain, Brexit, Britain, carbon, climate, climate change, decarbonisation, decarbonise, economy, emissions, energy, EU, Europe, European Union, floods, influence, lead, leadership, policy, power, Remain, security, The Guardian, threat, UK
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The extraordinary weather that the country is experiencing – Sky News – 19 December 15
Sky News: Well let’s stay with that story about this extraordinary weather that the country is experiencing. We are joined now by Tom Burke, the chairman and founding director of the environmental think tank E3G. Tom thanks very much indeed for … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Sky News, The Human Cost
Tagged 2 degrees, Britain, climate, climate change, climate summit, cold, Deniers, desert, drought, dry, El Niño, environment, events, extreme weather, flood, floods, jet stream, Paris, temperature, two degrees, variability, warm, warmer, warming, weather, weather patterns
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Why are we so bad at responding to floods? – Tom Burke – LBC – 28 Dec 15
LBC: Lets speak to Tom Burke, he’s an environmentalist, and a former government adviser on the environment. Good morning Tom. Do you think that the government was warned about this or not? Tom … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, People, Radio, The Human Cost
Tagged business, climate, climate change, drought, environment, extreme weather, flood plains, flooded, flooding, floods, government, houses, insurance, rain, risk, river, temperature, warmer, water, weather, wildfires
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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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Can we really fix climate change? – LBC Radio – 07 Dec 15
LBC: Let’s talk first to Tom Burke, environmentalist and former government advisor on the environment. Tom, good evening to you. Tell is about this summit. There are lots of important people there, it’s a big … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, Oil and Gas, People, Radio, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Amber Rudd, Beijing, bills, business, carbon, China, cities, climate finance, coal, communities, community, COP21, cost, economy, electric cars, electric vehicles, energy, energy efficiency, environment, finance, floods, government, health, India, investment, low-carbon, money, oil, opportunity, Paris, policy, political will, politics, pollution, real economy, renewable energy, Renewables, risk, smog, solar, Summit, sustainable, technology, transition, weather
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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE FLOODS?
The question the government really needs to answer is why have we had so many unprecedented events in so short a space of time. A month’s rain fell in a day. This was the third time in … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, People, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged climate, climate change, costs, Cumbria, defences, extreme weather, flood defences, flood plains, flooding, floods, government, money, rain, rainfall, security, storm, Storm Desmond, threat
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COP21 Paris climate summit: Climate change is much more than an environmental problem – it threatens our financial stability
This piece first appeared in CityAM “Climate change is seen as much more than just another environmental problem” Next week Paris will again be the focus of world attention. This time in the face of another … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank of England, bankers, banks, carcon, climate, climate change, climate conference, climate summit, COP21, damage, economy, electricty, emissions, environmental, events, extreme weather, finance, financial stability, floods, hurricanes, insurance, low carbon economy, Mark Carney, Merkel, Obama, Paris, pollution, Renewables, security, solar, stability, temperature rise, threat, wildfires, world leaders
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