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8 Feb. 2013 Climate change advice for Northern Ireland ministers Belfast Telegraph An account of a presentation given by Kevin Anderson at Stormont (seat of Northern Ireland’s government) outlining potential climate change impacts for Northern Ireland and six proposals for…
6 Feb 2013 Climate policy based on naive assumptions environmentalresearchweb Liz Kalaugher, editor of the Institute of Physics’ environmentalresearchweb, reports on the Cabot 2012 Annual Lecture – “Real clothes for the emperor: facing the challenges of climate change”. In his presentation Anderson argues…
6 Feb 2013 Climate Change is not cafe culture … Daily Telegraph Global warming in Britain will not mean a nice “café culture, sitting outside sipping lattes” but heatwaves that kill vulnerable elderly people and catastrophic flooding, a climate change…
6 Feb 2013 Manchester faces apocalyptic future Manchester Evening News Journalist picks out the more extreme elements of a lengthy presentation to Manchester City Council – nevertheless, the story does portray the broad framing of the future we are heading for…
30 Jan. 2013 Climate scientist Kevin Anderson talks to Manchester’s full council Manchester Climate Monthly Arwa, of Manchester Climate Monthly, summarises Anderson’s presentation to the Leader of Manchester City Council (Richard Leese) and over ninety local councillors about climate change and…
30 Jan 2013 – Apocalypse Now – Richard Leese’s Leader’s Blog “… every full Council meeting … starts … with an external speaker on a subject of topical interest. Yesterday Council members were blitzed with a truly shocking and apocalyptic address from…
Oct 2012 Why do we play down the horrors of climate change? The Guardian – Jonathon Porritt. In his article, Jonathon Porritt, refers to “the latest broadside from the redoubtable Kevin Anderson at Manchester University, taking to task the vast…
Dec 2012 Aviation and shipping privileged – again? UK delays decision to act on emissions – Tyndall Briefing Note 47 Just a week on from the Prime Minister publicly declaring his “Government has the most incredibly green set of energy policies”, DECC chooses to…
Dec 2012 A one way ticket to high carbon lock-in please: the UK debate on aviation policy – Carbon Management Following strident calls by senior UK politicians for the urgent expansion of aviation capacity, this commentary tests how their arguments stand…
Video: Anderson gives evidence on shale gas to UK Parliamentary committee (Note: session starts at 10.37 on the podcast clock) In an hour of questioning at the UK parliamentary Energy and Climate Change Committee Anderson outlines how the development of shale gas…