Comment on climate
Comment on climate
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Dec 2010 Small steps offer no respite from climate effects – Cancun failure? – BBC Viewpoint “Kevin Anderson … evaluates the outcome of the UN climate summit in Cancun and argues that success at next year’s negotiations will not compensate for “failure”…
Dec 2010 A 2°C target? Get real, because 4°C is on its way – Parliamentary Brief “Whatever we choose we need to be clear and candid about the situation we have got ourselves into and plan accordingly. Currently, we’re heading for the worst of…
Nov 2010 Response to Nature paper showing inextricable rise in emissions Anderson argues “we need to be clear and candid about the situation we have got ourselves into and plan accordingly. Currently, we’re heading for the worst of all worlds, aiming for 4°C whilst planning for…
Dec 2009 Towards a 2°C future: emission reduction scenarios for Wales A report commissioned by the Climate Change Commission of the Welsh Assembly Government and undertaken by Calverley, Anderson and other Tyndall Manchester researchers. The report explores the scope for the…
Nov 2009 Aviation in the North West (of England) This report by Anderson, Bows, Wood et al develops a set of low carbon pathways for the North West region and uses these to explore three specific issues: 1) How can CO2 emissions…
Sept 2009 Point of no return – the Copenhagen Summit – The Independent “The importance of the international climate summit to be held in Copenhagen later this year cannot be over- emphasised; … after almost two decades of increasingly heated debate…
May 2009 Climate Change in a myopic world (economics & CC) – Tyndall Briefing Note Anderson argues that the abject failure of economists and the economic hegemony to tackle carbon emissions, leaves no option but to “escape the financiers’ myopia” and…
Nov 2008 Geo-engineering research Should we undertake research on geo-engineering? If so, how should it be framed?
July 2006 Living in a Carbon Budget This report, by Bows, Anderson and other Tyndall Manchester researchers, was the first to develop energy scenarios based on carbon budgets and including international emissions from aviation and shipping. The research was commissioned by…
Jan 2006 Nuclear power is insufficient to tackle climate change – The Guardian David Adam piece in which Kevin Anderson, … noted that “claims that nuclear power was the only way for Britain to meet demanding greenhouse gas targets were fundamentally wrong. ……