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How much damage will it do if Trump does pull the US out of the Paris Agreement? BBC World News Television
BBC World News: Let’s get more analysis now on this in the Studio with me is Tom Burke, environmentalist and Chairman of E3G. Thank you so much for joining us Tom. Isn’t it interesting, who would have thought that … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, coal, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Fake News, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Policy, Security, Trump
Tagged allies, carbon, China, climate, climate change, climate change sceptics, climate diplomacy, coal, economy, EU, Europe, industry, jobs, leadership, Paris Accord, Paris Agreement, Paris Deal, policy, politics, Renewables, security, solar, transition, Trump, US, White House
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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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BBC News – China and US ratify Paris Climate Deal
BBC News: It’s been reported this morning that China has announced that it will formally ratify the Paris Climate Change Agreement, paving the way for a joint US / China statement on global warming later today. The country … Continue reading
Posted in Articles by Publication, BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged carbon, China, climate, climate change, climate deal, cost, economy, emissions, energy, industry, investment, momentum, Obama, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Renewables, risk, technology, transition, US, Xi
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Why the EU’s electricity market design proposal actually matters
By Simon Skillings | E3G This piece was originally published by EurActiv The European Commission’s vision of an Energy Union with citizens at its core, where consumers take ownership of the energy transition, is to be applauded … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, European, Finance, In the media, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged business, consumer, consumers, demand, E3G, economics, economy, elecricity market, electricity, energy, Energy Union, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Union, future, grid, industry, investment, low-carbon, market, policy, smart, smartgrid, technology, transition, wholesale price
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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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Blue Sky Thinking – BBC Radio 5 Live
I think that government has got far too centralised, it started under Thatcher, was taken further forward by Labour, and the level of centralisation has now really got quite ridiculous. I would want to push … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, People, Politics, Radio, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged accountability, authority, bills, Britain, buildings, business, carbon, carbon emissions, cities, city, climate, community, compet, competitiveness, decentralisation, electricity, emissions, energy, energy system, finance, free market, fuel poverty, government, growth, home, ideas, industry, insulate, insulation, politicians, power, regulatory framework, Renewables, safe, safety, tax
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Obama’s climate plan on Sky News – 03/08/15
It is really important that America has now set itself out to lead on climate, and to demonstrate leading by taking action. It has been a laggard, and therefore other countries have been able to hide … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Sky News
Tagged ambition, carbon, clean air policy, climate action, climate change, climate plan, coal, Democrat, EU, Europe, fossil fuel, gas, industry, leadership, legacy, Obama, oil, policy, Renewables, Republican, Sky News, targets, US
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SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD
This article first appeared in BusinessGreen The politics of climate change is changing. Astonished listeners at a recent conference in Paris heard the Saudi oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, announce ‘one of these days we are not … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged BP, business, Citi, climate, climate change, Copenhagen, customers, danger, deutsche bank, divestment, Earth Summit, economy, energy, energy markets, Eni, extreme weather, fossil fuel, gas, global divestment campaign, government, industry, oil, oil industry, policy, politics, public, Renewables, Rio, risk, security, Shell, Statoil, two degrees, Unilever, weather, Wood McKensie
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