Comment on climate
Comment on climate
Quick responses to issues in the media, comments on events and other timely remarks.
Background information informing my letter to the EU Commission president about the unscientific framing of its 2030 decarbonisation target Aubrey Meyer et al requested the following information – March 2014 The 2030 decarbonisation level of 80% proposed in the letter was…
Jan. 2014 This is a quick response to Total Oil’s announcement of their investment in UK shale gas and in the Government’s passionate support for the shale gas industry. Kevin Anderson1 and Dr John Broderick2 1 Professor of energy and…
Below is a copy of an email I sent to the University and College Union (UCU) with regard to the strike action, principally over pay, held on 31st October 2013. This is posted temporarily as a response to several tweets…
Don’t shoot the messenger: why disliking a conclusion is not a good basis for disregarding it. “… for a reasonable probability of avoiding the 2°C characterisation of dangerous climate change, the wealthier (Annex 1) nations need, temporarily, to adopt a…
This post, by Kevin Anderson, Dan Calverley and Maria Sharmina, is in response to a Brendan May’s piece Why more environmentalists should fly posted on the Guardian’s Environment Blog; 5 Nov. 2013 It was with growing dismay that we read Brendan May’s most…
22 Oct 2013. Oral evidence: energy generation in Wales: Shale Gas Chair David TC Davies MP (MP for Monmouth) House of Commons – Portcullis House. Panel 1: Professors Hywel Thomas, Richard Davies & Kevin Anderson Panel 2: Trefor Owen (Natural Resources…
Having read the interview with Naomi Klein, Joe Romm’s commentary on the interview and Klein’s succinct rejoinder, I do not want to unnecessarily extend the discussion prior to the publication of Klein’s forthcoming book. However, Alice Bows and I do…
This is a very quick & unpolished post expanding on a conversation of tweets (23 June 2013) between Iain Stewart, various tweet pseudonyms, John Broderick and latterly myself – all relating to how the UK could deliver a low-carbon transition.…
The debate on the appropriate level of EU emission reductions for 2030 is being conducted in a scientific vacuum. Certainly the decision is ultimately political, but the neglect of any robust scientific framing is emblematic of how the rhetoric of…