Dec 14 2009
Ten key questions determining the future of everyone on the planet will be answered by the end of next week.
1. Will we stay below two degrees or are we headed for a four degree world?
2. Will the US re-enter or wreck the global climate regime?
3. Are we headed for a legally binding treaty or more talks about talks?
4. Is there enough real money on the table?
5. Are we working on one or two
Nov 23 2009
Shane Tomlinson was interviewed by Alok Jha of The Guardian on green technology and the framework on disseminating it effectively. The article below appeared in The Guardian on Monday 23 November.
A green technology body with powers to direct a worldwide transition
Nov 05 2009
William S. Becker, Executive Director of Presidential Climate Action Project has written a series of articles for The Huffington Post on ‘Road to Copenhagen’. One of these – Part 2: Risky Business quotes Nick Mabey’s ‘Delivering Climate Security: International Security Responses to a Climate Changed World’ extensively.
Partly arising from Mr. Becker’s participation at E3G’s
Sep 16 2009
Between 150 and 200 million people could be displaced by rising sea levels by 2050
The doctors are right about the scale of the health catastrophe that will result from a failure to deal with climate change. So far, the public debate on climate has focused mainly on the science and the economics. We have been made very aware of what dealing with climate change might do to business, and nothing
Aug 27 2009
The UK has a legally binding commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 34% by 2020, and 80% by 2050 on 1990 figures. Given that emissions from power stations account for about 37% of all UK CO2 emissions, what direction will the energy industry take in a carbon constrained world?
Tom Burke speaks to Jeremy Lovell of ClimateWire about the alternatives to including nuclear power in
Jun 12 2009
As the climate change negotiations draw to a close at Bonn, Nick Mabey, CEO of E3G and Malini Mehra, CEO of Centre of Social Markets, summarise their thoughts on the state of play. Their article, entitled ‘Blame games on climate change’ has been published as a comment piece by the Guardian.
If nations can rise above past conflicts, why can’t they work
Jan 09 2009
As the UNFCCC meeting in Poznan (COP 14) becomes becomes a distant memory, Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor of The Independent looks onwards to the next UNFCCC meeting (COP 15) in Copenhagen, in December 2009.
In his article (below), McCarthy speaks to Tom Burke about the enormity of the task ahead and who he thinks should be leading the effort.
Jan 04 2009
Tom Burke’s latest commentary was published in The Independent on January 4th, 2009.
We humans are better at dealing with crises than long-term problems. The future could judge us harshly”
This is arguably the first week of the most important year in human history. The grandiose invites suspicion so the previous sentence was written reluctantly. Ideas
Dec 01 2008
As the negotiations in Poznan kick off, Peter N. Spotts of The Christian Science Monitor looks into the intricacies of the negotiations, focusing on actions that are required vs. the challenges that various groups face. Jennifer Morgan speaks about the role of the US administration, in the past and the future.
Jun 20 2008
With the 2008 G8 summit fast approaching, CNN.com has looked ahead at the possible outcomes on climate change.
Included in their interviews with “world leaders working at the sharp end of combating climate change” was E3G’s own Tom Burke.
Tom Burke is a British environmental policy advisor to Rio Tinto plc, one of the world’s largest mining
May 27 2008
What do rising fuel prices and the credit crunch mean for environmental concerns?
With some commentators suggesting that the environment will now have to take a back seat as consumers worry about their wallets, BBC Newsnight explored the topic with a major feature on 27th May.
Tom Burke on Newsnight
E3G Founding Director Tom Burke was
May 01 2008
For a while now, one of the top places for forward thinking on today’s new security context has been the ‘New Security Beat’ blog maintained by staff of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
As their blog banner proclaims:
Population growth. Water scarcity. Degraded ecosystems. The resource curse. Pandemic disease. Forced
Apr 30 2008
Alister Doyle of Reuters looks at the importance of recent reports that Russia would not accept new binding caps on emissions under a new global climate deal:
His article includes insights from climate scientist Bill Hare and the view of the European Commission, as well as this pithy statement from our own Nick Mabey:
Analysts say Moscow’s position may be an opening salvo. “You have to take
Apr 23 2008
The publication of Nick Mabey’s climate security report makes front page news in the Daily Telegraph.
Environment editor Charles Clover focuses on the threat to international security that could stem from runaway climate change. The article is titled Climate shift ‘may put world at war’, and the introduction focuses on the nub of the problem:
Climate change could cause global conflicts as
Apr 04 2008
Three months after the landmark agreement on a road map towards strengthened international action on climate change reached in Bali, Indonesia, the latest round of negotiations shifted to the neighbouring country of Thailand and its capital, Bangkok.
The talks took place between 31 March to 4 April 2008 at the United Nations Conference Centre of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
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