Comment on climate
Comment on climate
Reports directed at policy makers and wider non-academic audiences (includes recorded parliamentary/government hearings, etc.).
Video/YouTube: Anderson gives evidence on the ‘resilience of the UK’s Electricity network to a changing climate’, both in terms of low carbon energy supply and changes in energy demand. The evidence is based, in part, on the research project Resilient Electricity Networks for Great…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…