Comment on climate
Comment on climate
Selected reference to Kevin Anderson’s research in the media
Jan. 2014 Is flying beyond the pale? New Internationalist A “head to head” debate with business advisor Brendan May on whether those of us espousing significant reductions in carbon emissions should lead by example. The request for the debate from…
22 Jan. 2014 ‘Modest’ EU climate targets criticised Nature Report by Quirin Schiermeier on the incompatibility of the EU Commission’s new 2030 decarbonisation target of 40% with the same Commission’s express commitment to make its fair contribution to avoiding the…
21 Nov. 2013. Warsaw’s widening climate chasm could lead to 4°C of global warming. The Guardian Report by Graham Readfearn highlighting the chasm between international climate change negotiations and what the science demonstrates is necessary to meet the international community’s…
21 Nov. 2013. Make the rich change their ways to avoid a 2°C rise The Guardian John Vidal reports on a presentation I and my colleague Alice Bows-Larkin gave at the 2013 international climate change negotiations in Warsaw (COP19). The talk revealed how…
Dec. 2013. Piece for the British Science Association. People & Science An invited article summarising my concerns over the emergent conspiracy of silence amongst policy-makers, business leaders and many scientists as to the political and economic repercussions of science-based carbon-budgets…
21 Nov. 2013. “We Have to Consume Less”: Scientists Call For Radical Economic Overhaul to Avert Climate Crisis Democracy Now Amy Goodman of Democracy Now interviewed Alice Bows-Larkin and I about our research and our contribution to the Warsaw international negotiations…
27 Oct 2013 Is fuel fuel tax (& carbon prices) the best way to control emissions The Voice of Russia Rajenda Pachauri, the Chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), asserts that the financial markets are humanity’s…
15 Oct. 2013 Report on presentation during National Ethical Investment Week Blue&green tomorrow … Anderson notes how the Government’s introduction of tax breaks for shale gas, it’s rejection of a 2030 decarbonisation target for electricity generation and support for both exploitation of the Arctic and record…
1 Oct. 2013. Plan to use financial markets to halt climate change is ‘doomed’ The Independent The Independent pick up on an earlier article Why carbon prices can’t deliver the 2°C target to counter Dr Pachauri (chair of the IPCC)…
1 Oct. 13 The Independent ask for views on Owen Paterson’s interpretation of the IPCC’s summary Owen Paterson is a UK cabinet minister and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Following a meeting at the Conservative…