Mar 02 2010
E3G aims to grow to a team of over 20 persons by the end of this year and we are seeking to recruit an Office Assistant to support this expansion. An Office Assistant will be involved in the daily management of the office, execute existing processes and mould future support systems for all the teams in London and internationally.
The successful applicant will engage in a varied
Dec 18 2009
A leaked internal UN assessment of pledges and voluntary commitments made so far by developed and developing countries is distracting from the critical issues being debated in Copenhagen, said Nick Mabey, Chief Executive of E3G.
The report claims that countries must close a gap of between 1.9 Gt and 4.2 Gt in their 2020 emissions in order to achieve a CO2 concentration level consistent with
Dec 18 2009
On the penultimate day of climate negotiations, security experts from around the world gathered in Copenhagen to make the security case for action on climate change. The participants from Bangladesh, UK, Brussels, Canada and the U.S. explained that failure to change global emissions trajectories would lead to increased strain on natural
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
Dec 14 2009
Electricity industry claims that emissions cuts can wait until 2025 are not in line with climate science, according to Nick Mabey, Chief Executive of E3G.
A report released today by a coalition of power sector industry bodies criticises the 2020 targets under negotiation at Copenhagen and argues that “there will be limited emissions reductions before 2020, with the major reductions occurring
Dec 09 2009
The Government seems to have learnt from the experience of the last few years that it will need more than pledges and targets to drive the £700 billion of low carbon investment required to meet our carbon targets over the next two decades”
commented Nick Mabey, Chief Executive of E3G, on the signalling of government interest in establishing a UK Green Investment bank in today’s pre-budget
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
Oct 28 2009
On Tuesday 3 November, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the EU Presidency, will visit Washington to chair the EU-US Summit together with US President Barack Obama. The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana will also be part of the EU delegation.
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
Aug 03 2009
E3G’s Director for Global Climate Change – Jennifer Morgan – has been appointed as the World Resources Institute’s next Director of its Climate and Energy Programme; succeeding Jonathan Pershing who joined the Obama Administration as Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change earlier this year.
E3G’s CEO, Nick Mabey, said,
Although we are sorry to lose someone with Jennifer’s unique
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
Jun 03 2009
E3G and World Resources Institute (WRI) hosted a side event at the UNFCCC Climate Change talks in Bonn, Germany on 3 June 2009 from 19:30 to 21:00.
The event, entitled Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable Institutions & Issues: matching support and actions with examples from China, featured presentations by Hilary McMahon, Senior Associate from WRI and Teng Fei from the Institute of Energy,
Apr 23 2009
Ed Miliband, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, announced today that the UK intends to require any new coal power stations to be fitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipment to reduce the CO2 pollution which is the primary cause of climate change.
The announcement was made in response to recommendations from the independent UK Committee on Climate Change which argued
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