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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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2016 is set to be the hottest year on record – BBC News – 14 Nov 16
BBC News: Let’s talk to Tom Burke, Chairman of the environment think tank E3G, also a former government advisor on climate change. Thanks for being with us. So, 2016 looks … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, In the media, International, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged 2 degrees, America, BBC News, carbon, China, climate, climate change, economy, electric vehicles, emissions, energy, energy revolution, Kyoto, leadership, money, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Renewables, temperature, Trump
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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 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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FRAMING THE PARIS END-GAME BY NICK MABEY
Much of the media reporting of the Paris climate change talks in Paris is still characterising the bargain as being between rich and poor countries. This is a lazy and outdated view of what is really happening. This excellent … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, International, Oil and Gas, People
Tagged agreement, alliances, ambition, carbon, China, climate, climate justice, Coalition, costs, democratic, diplomacy, emissions, energy, energy policy, EU, Europe, European, geopolitical, growth, India, investment, Kyoto, LDC, leaders, leadership, media, Modi, Obama, Paris, Paris Agreement, policy, political, politics, poor, public, renewable energy, Renewables, responsibility, rich, South Africa, US, warming, Xi
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Sky News – Climate change and Obama’s trip to the Arctic
I think giving people a picture of what’s happening now on the planet is really important, and remember what Obama is talking about is what’s happening in Alaska, but it’s also happening in the glaciers in the Himalayas, in … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, European, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sky News
Tagged Alaska, alternative energy, America, authority, carbon, cities, climate change, contradiction, credibility, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, environmentalists, Europe, fossil fuel, glaciers, global warming, green, green policies, green policy, hypocrisy, ice, leadership, low carbon energy, low-carbon, melt, Obama, Paris 2015, president, Prime Minister, Renewables, sea level rise, Shell, Whaling
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SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE
This piece first appeared in Business Green. Environmentalists have long been vulnerable to their own passions. At times this can make us sound shrill and self-righteous. On other occasions it can blind us to political traps. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Green, Campaigning, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged agriculture, America, bills, business model, carbon, carbon neutral, carbon price, carbon pricing, Christiana Figueres, climate, climate change, Clinton, consumer, decarbonisation, deforestation, dogma, economy, emissions, energy policy, environmentalists, Europe, Financial Times, investment, leadership, low-carbon, Obama, oil, oil industry, policy, political, pollution, Renewables, risk, tax, taxes, technology, threat, trap, UNFCCC, weather, weather events, zero carbon
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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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REMARKS ON CLIMATE AND SECURITY AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL – WASHINGTON DC – JUNE 17TH 2015
This is the address I gave at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC. Security professionals often distinguish … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Cities, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, People, Politics, Speeches, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Atlantic Council, cities, climate, climate change, climate policy, climate security, cost, costs, disruptions, dissent, economic growth, emissions, emissions reduction, EU, Europe, failure, food, fuel, government, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, growth, income, infrastructure, integrity, leadership, Libya, Mediterranean, migrants, national security, opportunity, policy, population, population growth, population rise, populist, power, public, Putin, resource, rising population, risk, security, social stability, States, stress, support, Syria, territorial, territorial integrity, territory, threat, urban, water
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