Author Archives: Matthew Lockwood
Taking a break…
Regular readers may have noted that posts have become increasingly irregular and infrequent. This is not because there isn’t anything important to blog about. It’s more that we’re indundated by the pressures that our day jobs put on us, and by the … Continue reading
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Go figure
David Wheeler at the Washington DC based thinktank Center for Global Development says that the number of Americans affected by extreme weather events has skyrocketed from fewer than 10,000 a year in 1980 to over 2 million a year by 2008. The … Continue reading
Filed under Climate disasters, Public opinion, US
The Battle of the 4th Budget
So, the epic battle in the UK over the Fourth Carbon Budget (2023-2027) is now over and the dust is settling. The issue was whether to approve the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation that carbon emissions be effectively reduced to 50% … Continue reading
Filed under Climate policies, UK politics
The blogger’s dilemma
A couple of weeks ago, we saw an interesting comment piece by David Roberts on Grist, over across the pond. The starting point for Roberts’ piece is a new report called Climate Shift, which claims to slay some sacred cows amongst … Continue reading
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The politics of climate and energy as told through the washing machine
No one does it like Hans Rosling:
Filed under Decoupling, Growth
Up and down with climate change
Hidden away in one of Andrew’s recent posts was a link to an interesting DotEarth piece about how, after a few years of intense media attention, climate change has “reverted to its near perpetual position on the far back shelf of the … Continue reading
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Going nuclear?
Nuclear power has become an increasingly hot topic over the last two years, with positions shifting all over the place. A number of dyed-in-the-wool Greens have recently become converts, including George Monbiot, Mark Lynas and Stewart Brand. Not surprisingly, longstanding critics … Continue reading
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A climate of populism?
A little while back Andrew picked up on an FT piece warning that technocratic elites should take notice of the possibility of a populist backlash. The current issue of Foreign Affairs (behind paywall) contains a couple of excellent analyses that drill further … Continue reading
Filed under China, Climate deniers, Populism, US
The limits to environmentalism 4
Welcome to the second of two posts discussing Tim Jackson’s Prosperity without Growth (PWG), which has become a Bible of the environmentalist movement in the UK over the last year. In the previous post, I questioned the way Jackson focused on … Continue reading
Filed under Decoupling, Environmentalists, Growth, Innovation
The limits to environmentalism – Part 3
A year on from our controversial review of Growth isn’t Possible by the New Economics Foundation, we’re venturing back into the fray. As it comes out in paperback, here’s our take on one the most high-profile and influential environmentalist books … Continue reading
Filed under Decoupling, Environmentalists, Growth, Innovation
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