THE SOLUTION IS THE PROBLEM
The Solution is the Problem: a response to the UK Prime Minister’s plan to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030
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Comment on climate
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Comment on climate
Articles & commentary
These are generally shorter pieces published variously in non-academic journals, magazines, newspapers and websites (NB. several of the commentaries have not been published elsewhere).
The hidden agenda: how veiled techno-utopias shore up the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement ... how techno-utopias mask the need for deep political & economic change
Meltdown: climbers and climate change
Are climbers & outdoor types custodians of the countryside or simply smash & grab looters?
Duality in climate science
Climate modellers are self-censoring their scenarios to conform to the dominant political paradigm
Why a UK shale gas industry is incompatible with the 2°C framing of dangerous climate change
Why UK shale gas is incompatible with the 2 degree Celsius framing of dangerous climate change
Letter to the PM outlining how 2°C demands an 80% cut in EU emissions by 2030
Below is an open letter (22nd Oct. 2014) to both the UK’s Prime Minister and the Secretary of State at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). The letter summarises why the IPCC’s carbon budgets for a “likely” chance…
House of Lords shale gas report chooses eloquence over analysis when addressing issues of climate change
May 2014. This short commentary is a response to the climate change chapter of the House of Lords economic affairs committee report on shale gas and oil. When it comes to climate change, the latest House of Lords report is yet…
Debate with environmental business advisor on flying, emissions & leading by example
Jan. 2014 Is flying beyond the pale? New Internationalist A “head to head” debate with business advisor Brendan May on whether those of us espousing significant reductions in carbon emissions should lead by example. The request for the debate from…
Reflections on the COP19 climate change negotiations
International climate change event (COP19): Warsaw, December 2013 … succinct reflections for a meeting with the Welsh natural resources minister This personal account of COP19 was submitted to a meeting of the ‘climate change commission for Wales’ (CCCW) with Alun Davies, Welsh…
Open Letter to the EU Commission president about the unscientific framing of its 2030 decarbonisation target
Below is an open letter (dated 13th Dec. 2013) to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, outlining how, if the EU is to “set in stone a commitment to cap the temperature increase at 2 degrees Celsius”…