As the Guardian notes this morning: The world is set to have been hotter in 2023 than in any other year on record, scientists have
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Question of the day: Will the public ever accept that serious changes in behaviour are required if we are to manage climate change?
Right now, it is quite hard to recall that the biggest crisis facing humanity arises as a result of climate change. Discussion of the issue
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The case for investment is overwhelming
As Guardian (amongst others) notes this morning: The UK’s infrastructure needs a big cash injection, with public transport, home heating and water networks all in
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Rosebank is not about oil as far as politicians are concerned: it is about their fear of inflation and their lust for power
During my absence from blogging yesterday the government approved the Rosebank oilfield. Let the stress, this does not mean that this oilfield will now progress.
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What will the UK do with its internal cimate refugees?
I had to go to the Fenland village of Somersham to get a Covid vaccine yesterday. Why the NHS directed me there, I do not
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Sunak heads for the the gutter as Packham takes the lead: a tale of two climate interventions
I watched two people talk about climate change on television yesterday. One was Rishi Sunak. The other was Chris Packham. One of them told the
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Sunak talked total nonsense about climate change today, all of which is down to his seeking short term political gain by doing so contrary to everything he said
I tweeted throughout Sunak’s speech this afternoon. This is what I had to say but you will have to read from the bottom up, I
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Sunak will retreat on climate change, with Labour’s tacit consent. It will be for those who will be impacted to protest.
As the Guardian has noted: Rishi Sunak is planning to row back on some of the government’s net zero policies that impose a direct cost
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Securonomics, the right way
My friend, Green New Deal colleague and Finance for the Future partner, Colin Hines, has this letter in the Guardian this morning: Rachel Reeves deludes
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