Monthly Archives: June 2010
The Politics of Climate Change
A primer for the last in ippr’s A Climate of Politics events series (9.00am, ippr, Tuesday 29 June 2010) In partnership with Christian Aid and WWF-UK and with technical assistance from Cisco Systems, ippr – Political Climate’s parent organisation – … Continue reading
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Getting to grips with innovation
A post from guest blogger Reg Platt As regular readers will know Political Climate thinks the focus of climate policy should be on innovation to reduce the cost of low-carbon technology rather than on forcing up the cost of … Continue reading
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Pollution vs. climate change
As we said a couple of weeks ago, the Gulf oil spill is having an impact on American thinking about energy in a way that climate change has simply failed to do so far. Now Obama has declared the Deepwater … Continue reading
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Why we need a fair trade campaign for carbon
For many commentators in the wake of Copenhagen, China became the scapegoat for the failure to secure a meaningful and binding agreement. But one reason for China’s resistance to international climate treaties is that they measure emissions (and therefore required emissions cuts) on … Continue reading
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Stoking the Eskom Debate
Before we start, it’s important to make two things very clear. First, Political Climate thinks that building new coal-fired power stations without emissions abatement is unwise on climate grounds. Second, we think subsidies for the capital costs of new electricity … Continue reading
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Copenhagen’s Carcass
Six months on and commentators continue to pick the last morsels of analysis off the carcass of the 15th Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen. The UK’s Guardian, for instance, has had a couple of goes at this piece, which … Continue reading
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Spill, baby, spill!!
2-3 million litres of oil a day are now gushing out of the ruptured pipe at the base of the BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and it could get worse before a solution is found. Attempts so far to stem the … Continue reading
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