As governments meet in Doha this week for the latest round of UNFCCC climate negotiations , often the focus on the technical and the political aspects of the negotiations can overshadow the fact that the underpinnings of the process is quite simply to build a safe and better future for today’s children and future generations. [...]
As things stand, the world is plainly not on track to keep the global temperature increase from climate change below two degrees centigrade, which is generally regarded as global warming’s danger threshold. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said last week that at best, current commitments would take us somewhat short of half way towards a [...]
It has been a big week in the UK for energy and climate change with launch of the Green Investment Bank in Edinburgh and the publication of the Energy Bill in Westminster. With the climate talks in Doha well underway, the week ahead looks to be an important one internationally. The Coalition’s Energy Bill is [...]
I’m not often one to mix work with pleasure, but I went to the watch ‘The Heretic’ recently, a play about climate change. It got me thinking about the challenges we face in Government when making long-term decisions about how we tackle climate change, whilst dealing with a range of uncertainties about what the future [...]
Now that the festival and events season in the UK is drawing to a close, and since my last blog about this, we’ve had some time to look at where the Love Your Tent campaign is at now, what it’s achieved thus far, and more importantly what the plans are for the coming months. We’ve [...]