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What Paris means for fossil fuels

Posted on December 17, 2015 by tomburke

As the dust settles after the historic adoption of the Paris 2015 agreement, E3G shares a short blog series exploring what Paris means to different sectors, regions and constituencies. For a long time the fossil fuel industries have … Continue reading →

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Should we be optimistic about COP21? – BBC Business Live – 30 Nov 15

Posted on November 30, 2015 by tomburke

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 →

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G7 fossil fuel pledge is a diplomatic coup for Germany’s ‘climate chancellor’ – The Guardian

Posted on June 9, 2015 by tomburke

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 →

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SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD

Posted on June 1, 2015 by tomburke

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 →

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Revealed: BP’s close ties with the UK government – The Guardian

Posted on May 22, 2015 by tomburke

I was quoted extensively in a piece The Guardian wrote on the extent of BP’s influence on government policy and how their intimate relationship is at odds with UK commitments to reduce carbon emissions. “About 1.5% of … Continue reading →

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THE FOSSIL FUEL PARADOX

Posted on October 17, 2014 by tomburke

This blog was first published by BusinessGreen A debate over the real value of investment in fossil fuels has raged all summer. September’s climate summit in New York brought it into … Continue reading →

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MAKERS AND TAKERS

Posted on March 20, 2014 by tomburke

This article first appeared in Business Green. The public discourse on climate policy is asymmetric. It has been dominated by the climate makers. These are the fossil fuel industries and their customers. This has led to … Continue reading →

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What Paris means for fossil fuels

Should we be optimistic about COP21? – BBC Business Live – 30 Nov 15

G7 fossil fuel pledge is a diplomatic coup for Germany’s ‘climate chancellor’ – The Guardian

SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD

Revealed: BP’s close ties with the UK government – The Guardian

THE FOSSIL FUEL PARADOX

MAKERS AND TAKERS

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