Is Owen Paterson on top of the climate adaptation brief?
Bob Ward argues business leaders should be worried at the sight of an environment secretary who is responsible for climate adaptation, embracing climate…
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The burning hole at the heart of the G8 agenda. Why was climate change marginalised at the 2013 G8 summit?
David Cameron’s decision to not even mention the climate change challenge in the official G8 agenda has ruffled many feathers. Robert Falkner notes that the UK government now seems content to let … read more »
Climate change study is grim reading, Bangkok Post,
Governments around the world have just received one of the most important scientific reports ever written. It provides the starkest assessment yet of how the earth’s climate is responding to … read more »
Facing up to uncertainty in climate-change economics, Vox,
Uncertainty is intrinsic in climate-change economics. This column argues that it’s here to stay. There will be no accurate predictive tool for predicting economic growth, the emergence of clean-energy technology, … read more »
Fast-tracking green patent applications
Promoting environmentally-friendly innovation has become a key priority in national and international environmental policy. Intellectual property (IP) regimes, particularly patent laws, are perhaps the most important of the regulatory vehicles … read more »
Europe’s economic crisis has nothing to do with green policy, The Vancouver Sun,
Re: To heat or eat? That’s the EU’s question, Column, May 17 As a dual British-Canadian citizen living in London, I was amazed to read Licia Corbella’s enthusiastic promotion of … read more »
Climate change is already occurring
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Climate change
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Is this the end of carbon trading, or just a hiccup?
Just as scientists almost universally agree greenhouse gases contribute to the planetâs changing climate, economists almost universally agree the problem is made worse because polluters donât pay for the⦠The … read more »
Strong leadership key to generating low-carbon prosperity
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