In this post on the climate emergency, we turn attention to the law. To what extent can governments and carbon polluters be legally held to account for their actions? It…
Category: Climate change
Can We Really Eliminate Fossil Fuels?
Our climate crisis series has identified the issues the world will face as it copes with rising temperatures, and the concomitant crises of extreme weather, sea level rise, radical and…
Climate Crisis – Social and Political Trends
In previous posts, we’ve looked at the Environmental impacts of the climate crisis, possible Technological responses and the Economic effects. In this one, we consider the way Social and Political…
Planning for climate change: lessons from the US Army War College
There are problems with getting to grips with climate change. The remoteness of the data, and of those people who generate it, makes quick and easy understanding quite difficult. There…
Climate Crisis and the Finance Sector
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, argued that the financial sector must be at the heart of tackling climate change. He is one of the leaders of 34…
Climate Crisis – Implications for the Fossil Fuel Industry
Assuming, perhaps optimistically, that governments really do get a grip on “zero-carbon” policies and that the costs of renewable energy continue to fall significantly, where does that leave the traditional…