Comment on climate
Comment on climate
List of peer reviewed papers, briefing notes and other academic publications.
This new paper is published in Climate Policy and is available at: A pre-edit version of the paper can be found at: ‘What if NETs fail at scale’ – pre-edit version of Climate Policy paper – August 2017 Authors: Alice Larkin, Jaise…
Aug 2013 Climate Change Regional Review: Russia – Wiley Interdisciplinary Review – Climate Change With emissions firmly on an upward trajectory, Russia is already one of the five highest emitting nations. It is a leading global supplier of fossil fuels and…
Dec 2012 Executing a Scharnow turn: reconciling shipping emissions with international commitments on climate change – Carbon Management The shipping industry maintains a pretence of contributing towards global commitments on climate change at the same time as it anticipates its emissions increasing…
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…
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…
April 2012 Offsetting under pressure – Nature Climate Change An open-access, pre-edited and slightly longer version of the interview is also available Building on a piece Kevin wrote for Nature on the inconvenient truth of carbon offsets, (a pre-edit version is also available) Marc…
April 2012 The inconvenient truth of carbon offsets – Nature A Pre-edited version of the piece is also available Even so-called ‘good’ offsetting schemes increase rather than reduce absolute emissions. Whilst there certainly need to be measures for assisting poorer nations and…
Jan 2011 Beyond dangerous climate change – Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions This paper demonstrates how meeting the international community’s commitment to “hold the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius” demands emission reductions far beyond those suggested in the plethora of politically-palatable analysis…