Emissions targets aren’t tough enough, says Commons committee
A new report by the Environmental Audit Committee warns that domestic emission reductions will be futile without a global climate deal. It calls for 42% reductions.
Climate Change
Green groups welcome offshore wind announcement
The Government’s £75 billion offshore wind turbine programme has been welcomed today by green groups including the Green party. The Guardian reported this morning that, “Round three will be the biggest wind programme announced by the Crown Estate so fartest
Long range forecasting is accurate and CO2 does cause global warming
Scientists have been responding to claims that if they were unable to predict the bad weather how can they predict climate change over the next century?
After Copenhagen, we need to change the climate argument
In Copenhagen’s glitzy airport, there’s a brightly lit billboard bearing a picture of an ageing President Obama. ‘I’m sorry,’ says the legend. ‘We could have stopped climate change. We didn’t.’ The advert, paid for by the international ‘tcktcktck’ climate campaigntest
Will Iain Dale acknowledge his climate error?
An Iain Dale post seeks to show “no evidence of any warming trend” using data from the Met office. The problem is that the methodology has no statistical basis.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Round up of the week’s politics news from around Westminster and the wider world.
100 reasons why “vote blue, go green” won’t work
The European Foundation set out “100 reasons why climate change is natural and not manmade”. Left Foot Forward has 100 reasons why “vote blue, go green” won’t work.
The week outside Westminster
Weekly digest of events in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Daily Pravda spin Moscow’s line
The Daily Express have attacked the Met Office, using flawed Russian State data to accuse them of falsifying evidence on climate change.
Clinton and Brown in joint attack on deniers; praise for PM from world’s leaders
Gordon Brown & Hilary Clinton joined in the attacks on climate deniers at the Copenhagen summit this morning, & the Australian PM has praised Brown’s leadership