Climate Change
Fossil fuel interests are colluding with billionaire-owned media companies to block the UK's transition towards a cheaper and greener future, argues Donnachadh McCarthy
Like millions around the world, I’m relieved the criminal, brutal Israeli rampage in Gaza has stopped. It’s also good to see the end of the captivity of the 20 Israelis held by Hamas in Gaza and of some hundreds of Palestinians held by the Israelis (most of them languishing for months and years without having even being charged of any crime). All this is good and if it must be credited to Donald Trump, so be it.
Having said that, I doubt much more good will come out of Trump’s initiative. There are many reasons to argue this. This headline provides the clearest argument:
The world is on track for catastrophic warming and climate disasters are multiplying. Yet the Albanese government’s new climate targets refuse to meet the urgent need for action.
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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has told the United Nations to forget about climate change that it’s a myth, with his reason being that his office is consistently 70 degrees (Fahrenheit). ”I’ve had the same... Read More ›
I’m in the midst of doing research, teaching, and outreach activities on a set of questions around economic growth and its relationship to what we value. My research team has Tim Jackson visiting tomorrow, who will give a talk on postgrowth economics and also talk a bit about his new book, The Care Economy. The […]
Utkarsh Somaiya, Caspar Siegert and Benjamin Kingsmore Climate change creates material economic and financial risks which central banks need to understand to ensure monetary and financial stability. Their interest in climate change has therefore skyrocketed, with almost one third of central bank speeches in 2023 referencing climate change. Central banks are typically responsible for ensuring … Continue reading The right tools for the job? How effectively can central banks support the transition to net zero?
Aspiring Opposition leader, Andrew Hastie, has demanded that his Coalition colleagues commit to net-zero Sussan Leys or else he will take his bat and ball and go home. ”As a party we are done for if we don’t commit to... Read More ›
The motion denying the existence of man-made climate change comes after Reform councils across the country ripped up local environmental schemes
I read some disturbing research over the weekend about the rapidly declining terrestrial water storage (TWS) that is now becoming a global issue with drying regions linking up to form mega-drying areas that will be nearly impossible to reverse. While global warming gets a lot of attention in the media the surface water issue is…