TalkClimateChange

This post was orginally published at EcoWorldly
In an excellent post, Andrew Revkin of the New York Times dot Earth blog poses the question - “Where would carbon dioxide emissions be if everyone on Earth was using fossil fuels at the same pace, per capita, as the United States is now?”
Using some simple math, Revkin presents […]

Is tackling climate change the responsibility of world governments, or is it the responsibility of the individual? Are we guilty of protesting too loudly, and demanding government action and policy change, whilst doing little to address the problems through our own behaviour? And what role should businesses play in reducing emissions as the largest […]

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 […]

Many nations have forecasted energy shortages for the coming decades as power utilities struggle to balance rising demand against aggressive targets for carbon reduction. In fact, the predicted shortages are so severe that the UK government is giving serious consideration to a war-time style energy rationing scheme.
An often suggested answer to energy shortages is […]

Another weird day in Climate Change, where I just cant quite get things to add up.
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Britain’s goal of cutting emissions of climate warming carbon dioxide by 60 percent by 2050 will be reviewed by the end of the year and may be raised, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said on […]

Although there is an increasing consensus that the greenhouse gas theory is settled, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the current theory of man-made climate change is fully resolved.
In an interesting post at Climate Skeptic (one of the more sensible Red proponents) the Skeptic makes the observation that whilst Co2 may has a warming effect […]

Unveiling its national climate change roadmap yesterday, India made it’s latest move in an ongoing stand-off against the US on Co2 emissions targets. The US has refused to set binding targets as long as rapidly developing nations remain unconstrained in their emissions outputs. Conversely, India is unwilling to reduce its emissions whilst the US […]

Reading the mainstream news today it is easy for the layman to assume that the case for reducing Co2 emissions to combat climate change is complete. These beliefs tend to be enforced by daily stories in the world’s media blaming global warming for every natural disaster or instance of unusual weather.
The danger is that […]

Yesterday the European Union announced a new energy emissions plan in its latest bid to fight climate change. As usual, nobody is happy, with businesses warning of higher prices and environmental groups claiming that the measures fall short of the actions needed.
In typical EU style, the plan aims to please everybody and is a […]

As Gordon Brown’s tour or India and China continues, the  British government has levelled criticism at India’s lack of commitment to dealing with climate change.
British Environment Secretary Phil Woolas recently drew a comparison of the two emerging economies, describing the Chinese Central Government as “part of the solution and not part of the problem“ whilst […]

Continuing our commentary on the madness of biofuels we have been happy to note that a group of British Members of Parliament  have come to their senses and are petitioning the EU to rethink their biofuels policy.  The report follows a previous admission from the Environment minister of the European Commission that certain environmental and […]

We talk a lot about ‘predictions’ for global warming, and we tend to think of it in the future tense. But there is mounting evidence each day that climate change is not something that will happen in the future – we are feeling the first real impacts right now.
The Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets […]

 
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 […]

First tensions are emerging between EU lawmakers and businesses as plans are cemented to implement EU targets for climate change.
Joining the Red Team this week are French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and the European Trade Union Confederation, and joining the Green Team please welcome European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Unions in Europe have expressed […]

The EU has at long last admitted that it’s policies on biofuels were a “mistake” and is implementing a policy review to redress the issue. Environment minister of the European Commission Stavros Dimas admitted that certain environmental and social problems associated with biofuels had not been foreseen.
Our view is that the impacts of many green […]