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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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How significant is the signing of the Paris Agreement? – BBC Newshour – 22 April 16
BBC: Tom Burke is Chair of the British environmental think tank E3G and a former advisor tot he UK government on climate change. How significant does he think today’s signing … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, In the media, International, The Human Cost
Tagged BBC, carbon, Chad, climate, climate change, E3G, emissions, energy, impacts, Lake Chad, Paris Agreement, policy, politics, prosperity, Renewables, risk, security, technology, warming, World News
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Remarks by Mr Tom Burke CBE at the ‘Climate Change And The Courts’ Seminar – London – 1 December 2015
Remarks by Mr Tom Burke CBE at the ‘Climate Change And The Courts’ Seminar, 70 Kingsway, London on December 1st 2015. I want to thank Ukela for inviting me … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Security, Speeches, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Bank of England, business, carbon, climate, climate change, damage, economy, emissions, energy, energy law, environment, environmental law, evidence, extreme weather, finance, FoE, Friends of the Earth, government, greenhouse gases, health, law, laws, lawyer, legal framework, Mark Carney, Obama, policy, politics, pollution, prosperity, responsibility, risk, security, temperature rise, threat, UNFCCC, welfare
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REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE – AT THE WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL ENERGY DAY – BERLIN – OCTOBER 1ST 2015
The speech on Tuesday by Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board is a game changer for climate change. Whatever you thought about the politics or economics of climate … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Speeches, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged 2 degrees, Bank of England, bankers, BOE, Britain, Carbon Tracker, Carbon Tracker Initiative, Carney, climate change, climate policy, economics, economy, finance, financial crisis, Financial Stability Board, fossil fuel, G20, global temperature, government, investment, investor, low-carbon, Mark Carney, Paris, policy, policy makers, politics, prosperity, risk, security, stability, technology, threat, United States
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Pester power: The new weapon in the fight against global warming – The Independent
I was quoted by The Independent in a piece about how influential young people are in the fight against climate change. “Young girls have enormous influence on their fathers. In the work I have done I would say that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, In the media, People, Politics, Sustainability, The Independent
Tagged accountability, children, climate, climate change, daughters, economy, education, energy, energy efficiency, fathers, financial, future, guilt, guilt-trip, influence, leverage, parents, politics, power, pressure, prosperity, responsibility, security, students, sustainability, vote, youth
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CHANGING THE GAME – A PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT
E3G is publishing ‘Changing the Game’ a 10 point programme for government that will put the environment to work for the economy. For too long Britain’s environmentalists have asked British Governments to do more for the environment. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, People, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air pollution, Bank of England, battery, Big 6, bills, borrowing, Britain, business, capacity, carbon tax, cars, cities, climate, climate change, competitive, consequences, consumer, cost, demand, disease, economy, efficiency, efficient, electric vehicles, electricity, emissions, energy, Energy Act, energy bills, environment, Environment Agency, Environmental Audit Committee, environmental community, environmentalists, Europe, European, fairness, family, finance, fuel, fuel poverty, future, gas, Green Investment Act, grid parity, growth, homes, honesty, households, housing, incentives, infrastructure, insurance, investment, jobs, NHS, nuclear, Parliament, pensions, policy, political, pollution, prosperity, protection, public, Renewables, resources, risk, safety, security, smart, solar, stability, strategy, tax, technology, transparent, treasury, turbulent, value, volatility, winter fuel
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How to break the political silence on the environment
This piece was first published in the Guardian A YouGov poll published last week found that 40% of voters wanted to hear more about the environment. They also wanted to hear more about education, pensions, foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, People, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged air pollution, alcoholism, bills, biodiversity, blame, Britain, British, budget, budgets, business, carbon, care, cold homes, community, competitive, consumers, costs, economy, education, efficiency, election, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, environment, environmentalists, Europe, European, fuel poverty, future, green, homes, housing, income, insulation, jobs, NHS, obesity, pensions, people, politicians, population, prosperity, public services, regulations, renewable energy, Renewables, savings, security, values, vehicles, vote, voters, wages
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CLIMATE CHANGE : WHO TO CHOOSE?
This piece was originally published by Greenpeace EnergyDesk The next government will decide four critical matters that will determine the role it plays in the global effort to keep the climate safe. First, it will choose … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Greenpeace EnergyDesk, Oil and Gas, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Britain, business, carbon, carbon budget, climate, climate change, Climate Change Act, competitive, DECC, economy, Europe, European, infrastructure, investment, leadership, Paris, prosperity, risk, safety, security
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US and China emissions agreement – BBC World Service – 12 November 2014
Here is an interview I did recently for the BBC World Service discussing why the emissions agreement between the US and China is so important. “This is really important because the … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, International, Interviews, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Politics, Radio, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged carbon, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, China, climate, climate change, climate sceptics, development, economics, economy, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, growth, investment, investments, investors, politics, prosperity, renewable energy, Renewables, sceptics, technology, US
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THE FUTURE IS COMING READY OR NOT
The following speech talks about the looming collision between $6 trillion of investment in oil and gas over the next ten years and the agreement by governments to keep the rise in global temperature below 2°C. This collision will … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Oil and Gas, Politics, Speeches, The Human Cost
Tagged Brussels, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon neutral, climate, climate policy, coal, collision, debt, demand, dilemma, disease, economy, education, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy security, food security, fossil fuel, future, G7, gas, globailsation, Green Mountain, growth, health, imagination, ingenuity, investment, leadership, migration, Norway, oil, opportunity, population, poverty, prosperity, risk, security, warming, water security
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