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Donald Trump will have to deal with climate change – Sky News
Sky News: The adventurer Sir David Hempleman-Adams has called on politicians to stop stalling and keep their promises to slow climate change. It was after he witnessed the impact of global warming during an expedition to the … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Energy, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged adventurer, Arctic, carbon, climate, climate action, climate change, David Hempleman-Adams, emissions, explorer, famine, flooding, floods, global warming, ice, melt, North Pole, Obama, Paris Climate Agreement, risk, Sky News, storms, threat, Trump, UN, US, warming
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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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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE FLOODS?
The question the government really needs to answer is why have we had so many unprecedented events in so short a space of time. A month’s rain fell in a day. This was the third time in … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, People, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged climate, climate change, costs, Cumbria, defences, extreme weather, flood defences, flood plains, flooding, floods, government, money, rain, rainfall, security, storm, Storm Desmond, threat
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Should we be cynical about COP21? – Reuters TV – 30 Nov 15
Reuters: Tom Burke is from the think tank E3G, and he’s also a former UK government advisor on climate change. It’s good to have you with us in the studio Tom. Forgive our cynicism in … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Reuters, Reuters, Reuters TV, Security, Sustainability
Tagged agreement, air pollution, Angela Merkel, business, carbon, China, climate, climate change, COP21, cost, debate, economy, emissions, energy, growth, IEA, low-carbon, money, Obama, opportunity, Paris, policy, politics, pollution, President Obama, President Xi, Renewables, Reuters, Reuters TV, risk, smog, solar, threat, transition
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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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COP21: Paris attacks ‘will help climate talks’ – BBC News – 29 Nov 15
How will the Paris attacks affect COP21 negotiations? I think the atrocities will clearly make a big difference to the mood, it will change the political mood, and in quite a lot of ways I think that … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, In the media, International, People, Security, The Human Cost
Tagged BBC, BBC News, climate, climate change, climate march, COP21, crowds, demonstations, disruption, march, military, negotiations, Paris, refugees, resources, rick, security, social networking, terror, terrorism, threat
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Should we be optimistic about COP21? – BBC Business Live – 30 Nov 15
BBC: I’m joined by Tom Burke former UK government advisor on climate change, now Chairman of the environmental Think Tank E3G, which is Third Generation Environmentalism. So there has been … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, 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, Sustainability
Tagged batteries, business, climate change, climate conference, climate summit, companies, consistency, COP21, cost, E3G, economy, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, fossil fuel, growth, investment, low-carbon, opportunity, Paris, policy, Renewables, risk, threat, Unilever
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COP21: Paris climate deal ‘more likely’ after terror attacks
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News, Paris Nearly 150 global leaders are gathering in Paris amid tight security for a critical UN climate meeting. The conference, known as COP21, starts on Monday and will try … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged border, carbon, carbon emissions, climate, climate change, conflict, COP21, Copenhagen, E3G, electricity, emissions, fossil fuel, leaders, Obama, Paris, risk, risk threat, security, terrorism, threat, troops, UN
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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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Discussing Syria, conflict and climate change on Sky News
Climate Change is a threat multiplier, and when you have an already stressed situation as you had in Syria, and then you add the extra stress caused by climate change, in this case the very prolonged drought … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sky News, The Human Cost
Tagged Arab Spring, Assad, carbon, cities, climate, climate change, conflict, COP21, economy, emissions, energy, food, fossil fuel, migration, Paris, politics, population, refugees, risk, security, stress, Syria, threat, threat multiplier, water
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