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Feb 20 2008

EU commitments on climate: strengths and weaknesses

By Jennifer Morgan

Europe has been hailed as a leader in the fight against global warming, but are its policies really enough to prevent catastrophe? Jennifer Morgan assesses the EU’s recent policy proposals, in a new article published by ChinaDialogue.

To comment on this article, head over to the ChinaDialogue bilingual forum.

EU commitments on climate: strengths and weaknesses

Jennifer Morgan

February 20,

Jan 29 2008

Climate Change and Health

By Tom Burke

The Royal College of Physicians hosted a major conference on the theme of ’Climate change and its impact on health’ on the 29th January 2008.

E3G Founding Director Tom Burke gave the opening speech, which is follows below. It is also attached here for download as a pdf, as is the event agenda.

Climate Change and Health

Address to the Royal College of Physicians by Tom Burke CBE

London,

Jan 28 2008

Too chic to meter? - Nuclear Power in France

By Tom Burke

Tom Burke explores France’s relationship with nuclear power, in this comment article published in The House Magazine.

Too chic to meter?

‘Why can’t we be more like the French?’ is not a cry often heard from British politicians. But such is the capacity of nuclear power to confuse otherwise rational people, that this plea has been heard a lot of late as the energy debate in Britain took

Jan 07 2008

Decoding Nuclear Nonsense II: the real evidence

By Tom Burke

This week the UK Government will announce its plans for the future of the Nuclear power industry.

In this new reader’s guide, Tom Burke highlights the 5 key claims being made in support of the Government’s position, and sets out the real economic, political and environmental evidence against each one. A pdf version is attached for download.

Decoding Nuclear Nonsense II

A reader’s guide

Dec 16 2007

Invitation: Beyond Bali Discussion Forum

By Nick Mabey

The Centre for Social Markets and E3G invite you to a Discussion Forum, organised in co-operation with Chatham House and the Worldwatch institute:

Beyond Bali: Changing Role of the EU-US-China-India

Towards a new global quad on climate change?

Tuesday 18th December 2007, 3pm – 6.30pm
Henry Price Room, Chatham House, London

Taking place just a few days after the conclusion of the Bali UN

Dec 12 2007

The world and climate change: all together now

By Tom Burke

A planetary crisis calls for clear thinking and shared action towards a global deal, says Tom Burke, in an article featured on the new openDemocracy & E3G project Global Deal: the politics of climate change.

The “global” problem of climate change is endlessly discussed, but rarely looked at in a cold light. The crux of the matter is that all of us, everywhere, share this same monumental

Dec 12 2007

Global Deal: the politics of climate change

By Chris Littlecott

Together with our friends at openDemocracy, and the support of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, we’re pleased to announce the launch of a new blog - Global Deal: the politics of climate change.

Global Deal launched at the UNFCCC meeting in Bali in December 2007 with frequent reports and insider access from David Steven.

Global Deal investigates new pathways in the international politics of

Nov 21 2007

EU-China Interdependencies: report launch tomorrow

By Chris Littlecott

We would like to invite you to a meeting to be co-hosted by Chatham House and the European Policy Centre in Brussels on 22nd November 2007 to discuss the key findings of the project ’Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe’.

The authors of the report will set out some concrete policy options to strengthen the foundation for engagement on energy and climate

Nov 12 2007

Security, Prosperity, and Climate Change

By Tom Burke

The 2007 Annual Conference of the Conservative Women’s Organisation was on the theme of “creating a better world for future generations”, and featured the topic of climate change.

E3G Founding Director was one of the participants. His speech follows below, and is attached as a pdf for download.

Security, Prosperity, and Climate Change

Address to the Conservative Women’s Conference

November

Nov 09 2007

Investing in the economics of climate security

By Nick Mabey

The economics of climate change is lagging behind the science. We need to improve on this quickly if we are to take the right investment decisions.

So argues Nick Mabey in this E3G opinion article. A pdf download version is also published here.

Investing in the Economics of Climate Security

Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its Fourth Assessment

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