Unambitious Australia needs to do more to tackle climate change
Australia plays an important role as a leading economy within the international community, and host of this year’s summit of the G20 countries. The Sydney Morning Herald
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Errors in estimates of the aggregate economic impacts of climate change
With the publication this week of the contribution of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the Fifth Assessment Report, I can reveal details of my … read more »
Incomplete climate models lead to complacency
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Letters: Climate change: it’s worse than we thought
Contrary to your headline “Climate change: the official prophecy of doom” (18 March), it would appear that the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is a masterclass in understatement. … read more »
Financial markets should take climate policy more seriously
The number of climate change laws on the statue books of the world’s leading economies grew from less than 40 in 1997 to almost 500 at the end of 2013. … read more »
Boost the UK economy with green Budget measures
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Dismissal of claims is unsurprising
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Sad Irony of the ‘Airpocalypse’
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BBC impartiality between scientific facts and ‘sceptic’ fictions
Big flaws in the BBC’s news coverage of climate change have been exposed over the past few weeks, with clear indications that some of its most important programmes are still … read more »
Managing flood risk: Why flood insurance needs to send the right signals
Anticipatory action and preparedness is much more economic than providing disaster aid. However, there have recently been many missed opportunities to put sensible long-term risk management in response to climate … read more »