A recent article posted on the GreenMoney e-jounal site argues that society is moving rapidly into a period of structural (and possibly abrupt) decline in …
Category: Low carbon economy
The UK 5th Carbon Budget
In amongst the excitement created by the Brexit vote, on 30th June 2016 the UK Government met its statutory requirement and announced the details of the …
The Connected Man
Back in September 1971, an article appeared in Scientific American on energy use. It remains very current today. Earl Cook was attempting to look at …
Some post-Paris diplomacy
President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met last week for their first formal bilateral meeting since the latter was elected. With the success …
After the INDCs, is 2°C possible?
The last few weeks have seen a flood of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) arrive at the UNFCCC offices in Bonn, presumably to be included …
Assessing the INDCs
It is now just 100 days until COP21 in Paris. The summer months have seen many Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted to the UNFCCC …
The cost of contributions
The process of national governments submitting Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UNFCCC is well underway, with a number of developing and least developed …
