TalkClimateChange

As I walk home humming to my iPod, I can pretty much keep station with the cars crawling along next to me. Sometimes one of us inches ahead of the other, but rarely do either of us have a decisive advantage. Many a time I have reflected on the absurdity of this situation as […]

Philip Pullman, author of the excellent “His Dark Materials” trilogy, was recently quoted as saying with respect to energy and carbon rations, “We should have a fixed limit and if you use it all up in October, then tough, you shiver for the rest of the year“.  That doesn’t sound so good, but since […]

I am going to get a little introspective about my life and the contradictions I face everyday in my work, my lifestyle, and my opinions in an effort to see if there is a balance that can be reached in regards to adapting to a changing world.
I do this in the hope that by […]

Last week, I wrote about the frustrations of being an environmentalist that questions the world around him. This Easter weekend, I was presented with an excellent example: the Observer Magazine published “The Climate Change Issue”. Edited by pop star Thom Yorke, with 94 pages at its disposal, this Issue comprehensively failed to mention World Water […]

“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes  planning my day difficult,” wrote Elwyn Brooks White, the American writer and champion of the freedom of the individual.
White sums up how I have generally approached life, and I have always had an […]

There has been a general misunderstanding of modern economics running rampant through the global warming debate, and that is the assigning some sort of evil personality to the oil corporations across the globe.
This is a side effect of two popular social platforms; the Populists who believe all big business is self-serving and conspires […]

There is a bit of an ongoing tiff right now about the expansion of London’s Heathrow airport with an additional runway. Those of you who have experienced Heathrow will know that the airport in itself is one of the strongest arguments ever for not flying, however, UK aviation continues to grow at a substantial […]

 
Billionaire, entrepreneur, serial adventurer and airline owner Richard Branson is the man behind an innovation which may take the sting out of one of climate change’s biggest sins.
Next month a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 will make the world’s first biofuel powered flight between London and Amsterdam. Testing a blend of 80% conventional aviation fuel and […]

An article in The Guardian newspaper today confirms our long held suspicion that despite being convinced of the risks of climate change (according to a recent poll, 9 out of 10 people believe it is a problem), the majority of people aren’t really prepared to make any kind of sacrifice to deal with the problem […]

The results of poll were announced yesterday, revealing that two thirds of the UK population have no confidence that world leaders can agree on future solutions to climate change at the Bali summit.
But forget future solutions - the world has proven that we can’t even execute previous solutions; Despite the rhetoric of various national leaders, […]

The outcome of current climate treaty discussions will revolve around the resolution of the current deadlock between the US, China and India. What are the options for resolving this issue, and what’s behind it? We’ve had an idea..
The US rightly says that any action on their behalf is pointless when China opens a new coal […]

Automotive and fossil fuel industries please take note:
Google are aiming to reduce the cost of renewable electricity such that it becomes cheaper than coal with the announcement of their RE<C initiative. The aim is to develop renewable electricity technologies which can generate up to 1 gigawatt of electricity - enough to power a city the […]

Geo-engineering – the practice of artificially altering our plants systems to reduce atmospheric Co2 – is seen by many as one of the only practical and feasible methods of fully mitigating climate change.

 But, there are many people  who harbour serious concerns about such schemes. The potential to make things worse is significant, particularly since […]

The Guardian (UK) notes today that endless treaties to cut carbon emissions and halt global warming have failed to turn the tide of pollution;
Despite 10 years of international negotiations aimed at reducing carbon dioxide levels by between 60-80 per cent, global emissions are still rising.
Now scientists want to intervene on a planetary scale, changing the […]