TalkClimateChange

Editor’s note: Daryl is actually feeling fine - we checked after reading this..
I’ve just read an article on MSN / Sympatico called “The cheapest way to save the Earth“, which actually made sense to me - and it is about lifestyle changes!
Now a caveat: I don’t actually agree with it all, but I do […]

There is a popular body of thought within the climate change debate which says that we would be better off focusing on adaptation to climate change rather than trying to prevent it. Focusing on our current problems, they say, and on those that might be brought about in the future as a result of […]

Al Gore, new thinking on the climate crisis

Al Gore’s latest 30 minute slide-show is now available on You Tube, with a predictable range of comments from You Tube viewers.
Let us know what you think?

 
My life was made easy today when Leo Hickman of The Guardian Climate Change blog wrote a great post expressing many of the sentiments that I frequently write about here.
So rather than trying to write one of those difficult Monday posts myself I’ll simply give you Leo’s opening and closing statements (which could have […]

We’ve had a long cold winter in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, which has got me thinking: what if the world cools off and returns to the temperatures of our great grandfathers, or even worse, we start sliding even lower?
This is purely a hypothetical exercise - I am not saying there is any basis […]

I think we can all agree the unintended consequences of mandated levels of bio-fuels have had some really devastating results globally. The World Food Programme says the increase in food costs has devastated their 2008 hunger relief programs. Mono-agriculture has reduced crop diversity and added to the problems of nitrogen contamination of water systems as […]

We have all heard the stories, how “Big Oil” and “Big Coal” have organized an unscrupulous posse of scientists for hire to sow the seeds of doubt across the media and the population in general. These evil corporations went so far as to place a $10,000 US bounty on any research papers discrediting the IPCC […]

La Marguerite, an environmental psychology blog, writes a great post today which identifies the real challenges that we face from climate change. I’ve borrowed from it extensively in this post because it provides such a neat summary of the issues that TalkClimateChange ‘talks’ about.
Marguerite refers to a recent article by John Tierney of the […]

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 […]

As environmental policies come into sharp focus - with the continuation of negotiations initiated in Bali last year, US Presidential Elections, British Nuclear Power decisions, new European initiatives on renewable emission and carbon trading, and a host of other initiatives – we’ve uncovered some useful guidelines for validating environment policy decisions.
In a paper titled […]

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 […]

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 […]

The blog posts have been harder work than usual this week. I believe I am suffering from Climate Change fatigue, becoming slightly weary and negative with the micro debate on each point. Looking at the lack of action on the forum, and the lower number of comments than usual I think maybe some of you […]

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 15th of February 2008 will see the release of “The 11th Hour” in cinemas across the US. Produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, the movie tells the story of mankind’s wanton disregard for our planet and outlines the tragedy and consequence of our actions.
We didn’t want to like this film. We fully expected to […]