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The common problem of consensus
Last week I wrote about the launch by China of their version of DECC’s 2050 Pathways Calculator. What I didn’t mention was that the Chinese officials were so enthused that they wanted to encourage other countries to copy DECC as well. So the launch had representatives from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, [...]
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Some copying is great
An exciting day for me. When we published the DECC 2050 pathways calculator, it was unusual in two respects: it was a simple open source spreadsheet, and it had a web front end that allowed anyone to play with it. We made it a simple open source spreadsheet because we wanted to make it easy [...]
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The last day in Bangkok
It’s the last day of the UNFCCC Intersessional and after a full week of meetings, there’s no sign of the work letting up. I am sat in the coffee shop in the UN Centre and although the meetings don’t start for another half an hour it’s already full and there’s a buzz about the place. [...]
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A blog from pre-COP18 Bangkok
Though I’m based at the British Embassy in Doha, I’m currently writing to you from Bangkok, Thailand where representatives of the 195 Parties that participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are meeting to discuss preparations for COP18 at the UN conference centre here. COP18 is the next in a series [...]
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What a waste
When asked to write this blog, just one thought, one idea and only one simple reaction came to me. Rubbish. As part my work as a director of Eco Action Partnership (sustainability consultants) I advise ways to reduce environmental impacts and footprints for various events and clients and we’ve just finished our fifth year working on [...]
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