Posted 13 Aug 2018 in Commentary
On 6 July, 135 members of the climate change research community in the UK wrote to the Prime Minister, Theresa May, ahead of the visit of Donald Trump, the President … read more »
Posted 10 Aug 2018 in Commentary
On 26 July, ‘The Guardian’ published an article by its excellent environment editor, Damian Carrington, on a newly published report on heatwaves by the House of Commons Environment Audit Committee. … read more »
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In July, representatives of 166 countries, civil society and international institutions gathered in New York for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HPLF). Their objective was to review progress … read more »
Posted 1 Aug 2018 in Commentary
On 29 July 2018, ‘The Observer’ newspaper reported that one of Donald Trump’s golf resorts in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has “partially destroyed” a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It was … read more »
Posted 25 Jul 2018 in Commentary
Hundreds of people are likely to die over the next few days as heatwave conditions worsen across much of the UK. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if … read more »
Posted 16 Jul 2018 in Commentary
A new article in ‘The Australian’ exposes once again the hypocrisy of the newspaper’s editor, John Lehmann, and the shameless myth-making about climate change carried out by Dr Bjorn Lomborg. … read more »
Posted 11 Jul 2018 in In the news
World Economic Forum, 11 July 2018
Posted 5 Jul 2018 in Commentary
What affects how compliant businesses are with environmental regulations? Traditional enforcement measures such as fines and inspections by authorities can be an effective deterrent for rule-breaking. Recent research has also … read more »
Posted 29 Jun 2018 in Announcements
The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) has inaugurated a new European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty. The first recipitient of the … read more »
Posted 14 Jun 2018 in Commentary
The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) has today demonstrated again that it is unwilling to take action against fake news about climate change that appears in its member newspapers. It … read more »
