Jan 10 2007
Later today, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs will give a press conference on the Commission’s proposed measures for an integrated Energy Policy for Europe.
This ‘Strategic Energy Review’ will be a major focus of the Spring meeting of the European Council in March 2007, and is the European Commission’s attempt to assess the current
Dec 06 2006
On December 5th, the Green Party of Germany organised an experts discussion in the German Parliament on Carbon Capture and Storage entitled ‘CO2-free Power Plants: PR Gag or Option for the Future?’. A range of presentations were given by scientists, parliamentarians and companies. In addition, Green Party MP Reinhold Loske moderated a podium discussion with members from the environmental
Oct 23 2006
China’s economic growth is unstoppable and with it comes an ever-expanding carbon footprint. The worst possible response from Europe to China’s bulging contribution to climate change would be fearful paralysis, argue Nick Mabey and Diana Parusheva of E3G in this article published in ENDS Climate Review. A pdf version of the article is attached for download.
Mar 28 2006
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee recently undertook an inquiry entitled ‘Keeping the lights on’, which focussed on the role that nuclear power could play in the UK energy mix.
Back in October 2005, E3G Founding Director Tom Burke contributed both written and oral evidence to the committee, drawing on his long years of experience both within and outside
Oct 17 2005
The potential for nuclear power to play a role in reducing Britain’s carbon emissions is the topic of a debate on the BBC website.
Standing on either side of this issue were experts Sir David Wallace, Vice President of the Royal Society, and Tom Burke, E3G Founding director.
On the one side, Sir David Wallace states that nuclear may still have a future. On the other, Tom Burke’s core
Jul 13 2005
Following the conclusion of the 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles, E3G Founding Director Tom Burke contributed an article to Open Democracy analysing the summit’s outcomes.
In particular, Tom focuses on the political nature of the G8 process, identifying its strengths and weaknesses as a result.
He also suggests that the next move must be “beyond the text” - with Britain’s European Union
May 17 2005
Manmade climate change threatens civilisation itself. It can be solved, but only with a vast mobilisation of human knowledge, technology and capital, say John Ashton and Tom Burke of E3G in an article published by Open Democracy.
During the cold war the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of a metaphorical clock towards or away from midnight depending on the state of relations
May 01 2004
The May 2004 Edition of SWP Comments - the English version of the magazine of Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (The German Institute for International and Security Affairs) - includes an online version of the paper on the Geopolitics of Climate Change written by John Ashton and Tom Burke.
This article is an abridged version of a presentation given by the authors at an INTACT/SWP roundtable
Feb 24 2004
“The Quest for Climate Justice: Equity, Diplomacy and the Climate Negotiations”. Presentation by John Ashton at a conference on ‘Managing the Future’, Royal Society of Arts, 24 February 2004.
I was a negotiator for the UK in the Kyoto climate talks, and an adviser on environmental matters in the Foreign Office. Now I am working for a while outside government on many of the same issues, in a
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