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Al Jazeera – Earth Overshoot Day marks unprecedented environmental damages – 2 Aug 17
Al Jazeera: I am joined now by Tom Burke, he is chairman of the environmental think tank E3G, and has advised a number of senior British politicians, thanks so much for being with us. How surprising is it … Continue reading
Posted in Al Jazeera, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, International, Migration, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged agriculture, Al Jazeera, carbon, climate, climate change, crops, Earth Overshoot Day, economy, emissions, energy, environment, farming, food, fossil fuel, natural resources, news, population growth, resources, security, soil, water
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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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BBC World News – Carbon emissions rise to a new record
BBC: The biggest companies in the world have helped carbon emissions rise to a new record, according to the UN. Tom Burke: If you are, for instance, the motor industry, you can change your technology and use electricity … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, In the media, People, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged 400ppm, business, carbon, cars, climate, electricity, emissions, fossil fuel, industry, investment, risk, UN
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Sky News – How significant is it that the US and China have ratified the Climate Deal?
Sky News: Two of the world’s biggest polluters the US and China have ratified the Paris agreement on climate change. The move is being hailed as a major breakthrough, but does it go far enough? Tom Burke is the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Europe, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sky News, Sustainability
Tagged 2 degrees, adaptation, carbon, China, clean, climate, climate change, coal, competition, cost, economy, emissions, energy, fossil fuel, fossil Industry, industry, investment, jobs, losers, momentum, obstacles, opportunity, Paris Agreement, policy, politics, pollution, ratify, Renewables, risk, smart, technology, transition, US, winners
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If we’re to win the climate struggle, we must remain in Europe
Concerted EU diplomacy helped secure a landmark agreement at the Paris climate change summit. We should not leave the field just as the battle is turning. Our security and prosperity … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, EU, Europe, European, Finance, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Referendum, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Guardian, The Human Cost
Tagged assets, battle, borders, Brexit, Britain, British, carbon, challenge, clean, climate, climate change, coal, communities, decentralised, diplomacy, economy, efficient, effort, energy, energy system, EU, Europe, European Union, fossil fuel, gas, greenhouse gas emissions, mobilised, national interest, oil, prosperity, public good, Remain, security, sovereignty, struggle, sustainability, sustainable, transition, UK, urgent, value
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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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OF OIL AND STONES
This blog first appeared in Business Green Sheikh Yamani, a former Saudi oil minister, is famous for having pointed out that the stone … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, International, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Politics, Security
Tagged BP, business, coal, commodities, consumers, COP21, decarbonisation, decarbonise, disruption, economy, efficiency, energy, Exxon, fossil fuel, future, gas, hydro, IEA, industries, International Energy Agency, investment, nuclear, oil, policy investors, Renewables, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, security, Sheikh Yamani, Shell, Telegraph, transport, Yamani
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The End of Oil? – BBC World Service – Newshour Extra – 8 Jan16
The drop in oil price is not doing something that a lot of people thought that it would do, when it fell that low, which is to create a big stimulus to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, European, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged agreement, America, Britain, business, capitalism, car, carbon, cars, cheaper, climate, climate change, conflict, corporations, cost, economic, economy, electric, environment, environmental, Europe, extreme weather, fossil fuel, gas, governments, growth, impact, industry, investment, leadership, low-carbon, market, Merkel, Obama, oil, oil price, Paris, pension, political, public, Renewables, revenue, revenues, risk, security, solar, stability, States, tax, technologies, technology, tension, transition, vehicles, weather, wind
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What Paris means for fossil fuels
As the dust settles after the historic adoption of the Paris 2015 agreement, E3G shares a short blog series exploring what Paris means to different sectors, regions and constituencies. For a long time the fossil fuel industries have … Continue reading
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Tagged ambition, Bank of England, business, businesses, carbon, CEOs, clean energy, climate, climate change, climate summit, coal, commercial, commitment, COP21, cost, decarbonising, economic, economy, emissions, energy, energy market, events, experience, extreme weather, finance, financial, Financial Stability Board, fossil fuel, fuel, gas, government, investment, leaders, low-carbon, Mark Carney, media, Obama, oil, oil companies, opportunity, Paris, political, politics, refugees, risk, stability, stranded assets, technology, transport, Unilever, vehicles, weather
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