As G-8 leaders start their 3-day talking circus on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, four new reports confirm that our race towards economic and ecological collapse continues at an increasing speed: The Australian government published its long-awaited Garnaut report (over 500 pages), sort of a Stern report for the country down under. Economist Garnaut’s (not… » read more
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Worth reading: new Stern report; Daly on steady-state economy; air travel; CCS; biofuels
May 6, 2008
A few pointers to some must-read reports or articles which I discovered in the last ten days: Nicholas Stern’s latest report “Key elements of a global deal on climate change“: not much different from his 2006 Stern review for the UK government but rings the alarm bell a bit harder as very little has really… » read more
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aviation, Biofuels, Carbon capture and storage, Energy and Climate Change, Stern report, Sustainability |
Sins of emission: Dieter Helm on EU climate policies
March 13, 2008
Politicians should stop pretending that decarbonising our economies can be done on the cheap. This is the conclusion of a damning analysis of EU climate/energy policies published by Oxford energy professor Dieter Helm in the Wall Street Journal today. Helm starts his evaluation with a critical look at the EU’s achievements in terms of emission… » read more
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Energy and Climate Change, European Commission, European Union, Global Warming, Stern report, Sustainability |