Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: The US returns from the green policy...
TweetPublished in ENDS Report (Issue 406, p53), in November 2008. The US is back. The missing voice from the world’s environmental conversation has returned. It has been missing for a long time. Longer...
View ArticleTom Burke’s Political Commentary: New momentum on climate negotiations is now...
TweetPublished in ENDS Report (Issue 420, p49), in January 2010. So what really happened in Copenhagen? And even more importantly, what happens now? Forgive me for troubling you with this topic again,...
View ArticleRenewables threaten fossil fuel interests
Tweet This article was first published in the September edition of the ENDS Report. A good 93% of Britons think the climate is changing. Such was the finding of a recent pollby the blog Carbon...
View ArticleMAKERS AND TAKERS
Tweet This article first appeared in Business Green. The public discourse on climate policy is asymmetric. It has been dominated by the climate makers. These are the fossil fuel industries and...
View Article‘Events, dear boy, events’ have put climate change back on the agenda
Tweet This article piece first appeared in The Guardian on Wednesday 26 March 2014 The decline of climate change on leaders’ agendas has been reversed – not by new analysis, but two years of extreme...
View ArticleObama’s climate plan on Sky News – 03/08/15
It is really important that America has now set itself out to lead on climate, and to demonstrate leading by taking action. It has been a laggard, and therefore other countries have been able...
View ArticleSOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE
This piece first appeared in Business Green. Environmentalists have long been vulnerable to their own passions. At times this can make us sound shrill and self-righteous. On other occasions it...
View ArticleSky News – Obama gives Shell the go ahead for Arctic drilling
Obama is going to Alaska because Alaska is on the front line of climate change, and it is where we are seeing the impacts of a changing climate on human beings really dramatically already, right...
View ArticleSky News – Climate change and Obama’s trip to the Arctic
I think giving people a picture of what’s happening now on the planet is really important, and remember what Obama is talking about is what’s happening in Alaska, but it’s also happening in the...
View ArticleDiscussing climate change on LBC Radio – 14/09/15
Last year was the hottest year on record, and this year is going to be hotter still. What the Met Office is saying is that next year will be even hotter again. People … Continue reading →
View ArticleCOP21 Paris climate summit: Climate change is much more than an environmental...
This piece first appeared in CityAM “Climate change is seen as much more than just another environmental problem” Next week Paris will again be the focus of world attention. This time in the...
View ArticleCOP21: Paris climate deal ‘more likely’ after terror attacks
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News, Paris Nearly 150 global leaders are gathering in Paris amid tight security for a critical UN climate meeting. The conference, known as...
View ArticlePARIS – WHAT REALLY MATTERS?
Today Paris will again be the focus of world attention. 150 world leaders, including Presidents Obama, Xi, and Putin, Chancellor Merkel and Indian Premier Modi will be there. They will attend...
View ArticleRemarks by Mr Tom Burke CBE at the ‘Climate Change And The Courts’ Seminar –...
Remarks by Mr Tom Burke CBE at the ‘Climate Change And The Courts’ Seminar, 70 Kingsway, London on December 1st 2015. I want to thank Ukela for inviting me … Continue reading →
View ArticleShould we be cynical about COP21? – Reuters TV – 30 Nov 15
Reuters: Tom Burke is from the think tank E3G, and he’s also a former UK government advisor on climate change. It’s good to have you with us in the studio Tom. Forgive our cynicism in …...
View ArticleFRAMING THE PARIS END-GAME BY NICK MABEY
Much of the media reporting of the Paris climate change talks in Paris is still characterising the bargain as being between rich and poor countries. This is a lazy and outdated view of what is really...
View ArticleWhy is Paris COP21 different to Copenhagen?
BBC: Joining me now is Tom Burke, who is Chairman of the Environmental Think Tank E3G and former government advisor on climate change. Thanks very much for coming in, Tom. We have heard about...
View ArticleWhat Paris means for fossil fuels
As the dust settles after the historic adoption of the Paris 2015 agreement, E3G shares a short blog series exploring what Paris means to different sectors, regions and constituencies. For a long...
View ArticleThe End of Oil? – BBC World Service – Newshour Extra – 8 Jan16
The drop in oil price is not doing something that a lot of people thought that it would do, when it fell that low, which is to create a big stimulus to … Continue reading →
View ArticleBBC News – China and US ratify Paris Climate Deal
BBC News: It’s been reported this morning that China has announced that it will formally ratify the Paris Climate Change Agreement, paving the way for a joint US / China statement on global warming...
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