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Natural gas beyond 2035 is not compatible with our climate commitments

By Kevin Anderson and John Broderick Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment Posted: November 23, 2017

Following on from the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr John Broderick discuss their research into global carbon budgets and the carbon footprints of natural gas supplies. By 2035, the substantial use of all fossil fuels, including natural […]

Unsustainable practices: Why electric cars are a failure of ambition

By Nicola Spurling and Daniel Welch Filed Under: Science and Technology Posted: March 5, 2014

A focus on ‘techno-fix’ solutions to climate change like electric cars simply perpetuate current unsustainable practices and represent a failure of ambition, argue Nicola Spurling and Dan Welch. In January David Cameron announced that his cabinet might trade in their limousines for electric cars. It was the latest in a stream of initiatives to promote the […]

Evangelising from 32,000 feet: why call for more greens to fly is wrong

By Kevin Anderson Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: December 11, 2013

In November 2013, Brendan May wrote a piece for the Guardian’s Environment Blog on ‘Why more environmentalists should fly’. In this article, Professor Kevin Anderson, Dr Dan Calverley and Maria Sharmina respond, strongly arguing the case against having more jet-setting greens. It was with growing dismay that we read Brendan May’s blog post, in which […]

Natural gas beyond 2035 is not compatible with our climate commitments

Unsustainable practices: Why electric cars are a failure of ambition

Evangelising from 32,000 feet: why call for more greens to fly is wrong

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