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Trump, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the G20 – BBC News
BBC News: Theresa May has talked about the collective message she hopes will be delivered to Donald Trump on the Paris Climate Agreement. She thinks that it is possible that the US might change its mind, do you … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Environment, EU, Europe, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Migration, Oil and Gas, People, Policy, Politics, renewables, Security, Trump
Tagged BBC, BBC News, Black Rock, business, carbon, climate, climate change, climate risk, E3G, economy, emissions, Exxon, G20, investment, investors, low carbon economy, Merkel, migration, Paris, Paris Agreement, Renewables, security, Tom Burke, Trump, Volvo
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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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Why is Paris COP21 different to Copenhagen?
BBC: Joining me now is Tom Burke, who is Chairman of the Environmental Think Tank E3G and former government advisor on climate change. Thanks very much for coming in, Tom. We have heard about some of the … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged carbon, China, COP21, Copenhagen, E3G, emissions, environment, Europe, finance, French, India, investment, low-carbon, Merkel, Modi, Obama, optimism, Paris, President Xi, Renewables, United States
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PARIS – WHAT REALLY MATTERS?
Today Paris will again be the focus of world attention. 150 world leaders, including Presidents Obama, Xi, and Putin, Chancellor Merkel and Indian Premier Modi will be there. They will attend the most important meeting on … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged agreement, agriculture, business, carbon, climate summit, competitive, COP21, Copenhagen, cost, damage, economy, electriciy, energy, events, extreme weather extreme weather events, finance, foosil fuel, gas, investment, markets, Merkel, Modi, Obama, opportunity, Paris, pollution, Putin, renewable energy, Renewables, retail, risk, safety, security, solar, tourism, wind, Xi
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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
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
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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G7 fossil fuel pledge is a diplomatic coup for Germany’s ‘climate chancellor’ – The Guardian
I was quoted extensively in an article in The Guardian by Karl Mathiesen on why the plan outlined by the G7 on Monday to phase out fossil fuels by the end of the century is, for some member countries, not … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, In the media, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged ambition, Angela Merkel, carbon, carbon neutral, China, climate, community, decarbonisation, economy, efficiency, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, environment, fossil fuel, fossil fuels, G7, gas, global, Grantham Institute, Greenhouse, heat, infrastructure, investing, investment, Japan, Kyoto Protocol, low-carbon, Merkel, oil, planes, Renewables, Rio Tinto, Shell, The Guardian, transition, treaty, Unilever, US
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Tusk – not as bad for climate as it first appears?
This piece first appeared on the E3G website The appointment of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, to replace Van Rompuy as President of the European Council has provoked jitters … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Climate Change, E3G, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics
Tagged ambition, climate change, climate policy, climate security, coal, Donald Tusk, E3G, efficiency, energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, Energy Union, environment, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Council, fossil fuel, gas, Junker, leadership, Merkel, policy, Polish, Putin, Russian gas, spin, Ukraine, Van Rompuy
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‘Events, dear boy, events’ have put climate change back on the agenda
This article piece first appeared in The Guardian on Wednesday 26 March 2014 The decline of climate change on leaders’ agendas has been reversed – not by new analysis, but two years of extreme weather … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, International, Politics, The Guardian
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