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Nov 2012 To meet international commitments – emissions must reduce by over 10% each year – SvD Opinion piece published in Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) – “the Swedish daily paper”. A translation is available at: Opinion Piece by Anderson for SvD – Swedish Daily Newspaper –…
Nov 2012 Review of Anderson’s Cabot seminar in Bristol – Huffington Post “In a recent iconoclastic talk at the University of Bristol, a leading British climate scientist invoked the lad in Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the emperor’s new clothes. [Anderson’s] claim in the talk…
Nov 2012 Beyond Dangerous Climate Change – Chapter 1 of What Next This article provides the context for “What Next” – a collection of pieces on ‘climate, development and equity’ – authored by experts from across the globe and both framing the challenges faced…
Nov. 2012 Contributed a foreword to a report by Steady State Manchester – In Place of Growth. With a specific focus on the city of Manchester and following discussions with the City Council, the report asked and discussed answers to…
Oct 2012 Has US shale gas reduced CO2 emissions? – A Tyndall Centre report Since 2007, the production of shale gas in large volumes has substantially reduced the wholesale price of natural gas in the US. This report examines the emissions savings in the…
Oct 2012 The Climate Clock is Ticking: what should we do differently Piece for New Economics Foundation event at Royal Festival Hall – London. Contribution to NEF’s “50 months’ event.
Aug 2012 A new paradigm for climate change – Nature Climate Change A Pre-edited version of the piece is also available. Many scientists who interface with policy makers run scared of suggesting emission reductions that challenge the veracity of the contemporary economic…
Nov 2011 Shale gas: … environmental & climate change impacts – A Tyndall Centre report The analysis within this new report addresses two specific issues associated with the extraction and combustion of shale gas. Firstly, it explores the environmental risks…
Feb 2011 Models guiding climate policy are ‘dangerously optimistic’ – The Guardian Interview of Anderson by Nadya Anscombe for Institute of Physics. “Computer models predicting future climate change are underestimating emissions and overestimating technology, warns climate scientist Kevin Anderson.”
Feb 2011 The science of climate change is clear – WalesOnline Short piece outlining the basic reasons why climate change is a serious issue about which we all need to be concerned.