India’s fight against climate change starts at home
As governments across the world prepare for the COP17 in Durban, the talk in the corridors and at the preparatory meetings is of technical papers, expert bodies and the latest … read more »
News category: Commentary
Hot air
The element of choice makes the lottery okay; turning up the heat in the climate debate; and restore British nursing to health. The Sunday Times – registration is required.
Lord Lawson’s Global Warming Policy Foundation is spreading errors
Bob Ward: The former chancellor is an avowed climate sceptic – and the ‘facts’ he repeats are demonstrably inaccurate the Guardian
Paul Dacre’s climate coverage undermines his case for self-regulation of the press
Bob Ward: The Daily Mail’s editor ignores the rules when he chooses to promote his own ideological views over the best interest of his readers the Guardian
You’ve Been Trumped: film reveals tycoon’s ruthless efforts to build Scottish golf resort
Bob Ward: Documentary highlights how potential environmental damage has been disregarded because of the perceived benefits to the local economy the Guardian
Green growth: paradigm shift or just spin?
There is much talk at the moment about green growth – environmentally sustainable, biodiverse, low-carbon and climate-resilient growth in human prosperity. Climate & Development Knowledge Network
Is This The ‘Smoking Ray-Gun’ from The Extra-Terrestrial Origin of Global Warming?
A new paper by scientists at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, has been enthusiastically seized upon by some lobbyists and bloggers as a vindication of their claims that … read more »
Is Climate Change Science Too Trendy for School Lessons?
Shouldn't Mr Gove and his advisers take a few tutorials on the history of climate change science, and then re-consider whether it really should be excluded from the national curriculum? … read more »
An echo chamber of climate change denial
There was a startling demonstration last week of how quickly messages of climate change denial can spread from the United States to the United Kingdom. Huffington Post
Climate pragmatism or climate illusion?
With the Republican Party and a good many Democrats currently opposed to sanctioning any meaningful reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, United States climate policy, at least at federal level, appears … read more »