Posted 1 Aug 2018 in
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 »
Posted 8 Jun 2018 in Announcements
Governments looking to boost jobs, economic productivity and public health should ensure infrastructure investment in cities is low carbon, according to a new study for the Coalition for Urban Transitions by experts at the University of Leeds. The research team assessed over 700 studies. They found that directing investments into low carbon projects in […]
Posted 7 Jun 2018 in Commentary
The Times, Fox News and Breitbart have still not admitted that a story about climate change on their websites is fake news, nine months after it an official ruling that … read more »
