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Featured
- Whilst in many respects I welcome the headline framing of the Government's “net-zero” proposal, sift amongst the detail and all is far from rosy
- UK Climate Minister undermines the Committee on Climate Change & pulls the rug on the 1.5°C report
- Personal reflections on the latest Bonn-Fiji climate meeting (COP23) - November 2017
- Film review of Leonardo DiCaprio's Before the Flood
- Individual or collective responsibility? A false dichotomy
- Rambling thoughts on 1.5 Celsius, economic growth and academic freedom
- The Paris Agreement ... how techno-utopias mask the need for deep political & economic change
- Are climbers & outdoor types custodians of the countryside or simply smash & grab looters?
- Climate modellers are self-censoring their scenarios to conform to the dominant political paradigm
- Why UK shale gas is incompatible with the 2 degree Celsius framing of dangerous climate change
Media
- Debate with environmental business advisor on flying, emissions & leading by example
- Weak EU decarbonisation target risks locking in dangerous climate change
- Scientists suggest UN climate talks are going backwards & risk 4°C of warming
- Holding to 2°C is an issue of equity; the wealthy must change their ways
- Article on climate science, carbon budgets and fear of speaking out
Written
- Brief response to the UK Government’s “net-zero” proposal
- Capricious foes, Big Sister & high-carbon plutocrats: irreverent musings from Katowice’s COP24
- Trump – the climate’s secret champion?
- Will Poland’s COP24 Presidency and its addiction to coal undermine ambitious global climate goals?
- Callous or calamitous? … the UK climate minister pulls the rug from under 1.5°C
A really interesting thread of tweets that help paint a more complete picture of the interactions between the individual and the system. @StuartBCapstick @lwhitmarsh @carlymclachlan @JakobGrandin @sachbon @Guy_Uppsala
@KevinClimate @michael_1945 @GlennLyons2 This is absolutely the case. The British establishment was heavily divided between those characterised as 'appeasers', who opposed full mobilisation, and people like Churchill who condemned complacency. It took great agitation, for example, to establish the 'shadow factories'
@KevinClimate Important shaft of light for sure but the outright celebrations leave me a bit uncomfortable. This is far from the aviation policy that we need to tackle real climate change.