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Why are we so bad at responding to floods? – Tom Burke – LBC – 28 Dec 15

On January 1, 2016January 1, 2016 By admin

LBC: Lets speak to Tom Burke, he’s an environmentalist, and a former government adviser on the environment. Good morning Tom. Do you think that the government was warned about this or not? Tom Burke: Well I think that its very interesting that the Prime […]

Even if the global warming scare were a hoax, we would still need it – The Telegraph

On December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 By admin

This article was first published in The Telegraph China is the low-carbon superpower and will be the ultimate enforcer of the COP21 climate deal in Paris By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Chinese scientists have published two alarming reports in a matter of weeks. Both conclude that the […]

Discussing Syria, conflict and climate change on Sky News

On November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 By admin

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 that drove about a million and half people out of […]

REMARKS ON CLIMATE AND SECURITY AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL – WASHINGTON DC – JUNE 17TH 2015

On June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 By admin

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 between human security issues and national security issues. Of course […]

NEGOTIATIONS: Warming’s impact on global security a critical issue for Paris talks, experts say

On June 18, 2015June 22, 2015 By admin

Here is another report of the panel I spoke on at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC. NEGOTIATIONS: Warming’s impact on global security a critical issue for Paris talks, experts say Brittany Patterson, E&E reporter Published: […]

CLIMATE: National security concerns could spur Hill action — ex-DOD officials?

On June 18, 2015June 22, 2015 By admin

This is a report by Environment & Energy Publishing of the panel I spoke on at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC The reporter misheard what I said about America. What I actually said was: ‘Winston Churchill, who had an American mother, once […]

THE FOSSIL FUEL PARADOX

On October 17, 2014 By admin

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 sharp focus. There, Anthony Hobley of the Carbon Tracker Initiative […]

THE FRAGILE CITY AND THE RISK NEXUS

On August 27, 2014September 3, 2014 By admin

This is a new short book I have written with leading urbanist Charles Landry. It brings together for the first time two disconnected narratives. The first is about the future of the cities in which half the […]

MAKERS AND TAKERS

On March 20, 2014 By admin

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 a badly distorted portrayal of climate policy risk. As a […]

Making John Redwood angry – it’s nothing personal

On February 24, 2014 By admin

This article first appeared in Business Green on the 17th February 2014 I recently made John Redwood MP very cross. He was so cross he accused me of making ‘a very unpleasant personal attack’ on him. He was mistaken. I did no such thing. I did, however, […]