Jul 02 2008
Our transition from our old home in the Science Museum is now almost complete, and right now we’re busily unpacking boxes at our new office in Borough High Street.
Attached here in pdf format for download are our updated directions for visitors.
E3G Address Details
The new E3G office is located at 210 Borough High Street, just 20 metres
Jul 01 2008
“At $9 per gallon, British driving habits change” is the title and theme of an article by Mark Rice-Oxley in Christian Science Monitor.
Rice-Oxley explores the links between high petrol prices and the environment – particularly carbon emissions, and includes quotes from E3G’s Tom Burke:
Many environmentalists have quietly rejoiced that the high cost of fuel is apparently achieving
Jun 25 2008
E3G is moving!
After 3 years in the Science Museum, we’ve grown to such an extent that we need more room.
So, our long-awaiting office move is now imminent. Painters and carpet-layers are currently preparing our new space, and we’ll be migrating en masse next week to our new location on Borough High Street.
The days of Monday 1st to 3rd July will be the key moving days, and there may
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
E3G has joined together with Alstom, Bellona Foundation, Climate Change Capital, and Royal Dutch Shell, to form a CCS Leadership Coalition.
The Coalition members aim to collaborate on the accelerated development of CCS by supporting and building on current proposals for European climate & energy legislation. Full details follow below.
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.
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 23 2008
Today sees the publication of ‘Delivering Climate Security: International Security Responses to a Climate Changed World’, written by E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey and published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) as the latest in its series of ‘Whitehall Papers’.
The official publication press release follows below.
Apr 09 2008
E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey is one of 12 experts who will provide advice on the development of a series of new eco-towns in the UK.
The panel’s role will be to recommend potential improvements to each developer for their eco-town proposals. The panel will not be responsible for assessing proposals or judging their relative merits. The Government will be responsible for assessing the
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
Mar 20 2008
As part of the Japanese Presidency of the G8, the 14-16 March saw a gathering of the G20 group of nations in Chiba for the 4th Ministerial meeting of the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development.
E3G’s Jennifer Morgan was in attendance, and featured prominently in media reporting of the ministerial discussions.
Firstly, in advance of the meeting
Mar 13 2008
The Irish Independent today carries an extensive interview with E3G Founding Director John Ashton.
Focusing mainly on the political challenges John deals with as Special Representative for Climate Change at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, journalist Brendan Keenan starts his article by referring to John’s role here at E3G:
Mr Ashton has a double qualification for the job, being a
Jan 22 2008
This week the European Commission publishes a package of proposed measures to drive forward Europe’s response to the climate change threat, implementing the March 2007 European Council committments to 20% emission reductions, 20% improvement in energy efficiency, and 20% more renewable energy by the year 2020 compared to 1990 levels.
Central to this must be the effective encouragement of
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