Climatico » UK http://www.climaticoanalysis.org Independent analysis of climate policy Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:13:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 When it comes to traffic pollution, the UK is still the dirty old man of Europe http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/when-it-comes-to-traffic-pollution-the-uk-is-still-the-dirty-old-man-of-europe/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/when-it-comes-to-traffic-pollution-the-uk-is-still-the-dirty-old-man-of-europe/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:50:00 +0000 ClientEarth http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8222 London trafficOn the 29th September the government submitted its official report to the European Commission on levels of air pollution in the UK for 2010. It makes for pretty grim reading. The report confirms that 40 of the 43 air quality zones in the UK breached the annual limits for nitrogen dioxide. No other EU country has a higher proportion of non-compliant zones. [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/when-it-comes-to-traffic-pollution-the-uk-is-still-the-dirty-old-man-of-europe/feed/ 0 London trafficOn the 29th September the government submitted its official report to the European Commission on levels of air pollution in the UK for 2010. It makes for pretty grim reading. The report confirms that 40 of the 43 air quality zones in the UK breached the annual limits for nitrogen dioxide. No other EU country has a higher proportion of non-compliant zones. [...] A carbon price floor – tax or trade? http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-carbon-price-floor-%e2%80%93-tax-or-trade/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-carbon-price-floor-%e2%80%93-tax-or-trade/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:52:55 +0000 Sabina Manea http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8032 Market data

As part of the latest budget the UK government announced its intention to introduce a price floor for the emissions market. It is hoped that this move will encourage low carbon investment by disincentivising regulated entities from emitting at current levels. How this proposed unilateral measure will interact with the EU ETS remains to be [...]

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As part of the latest budget the UK government announced its intention to introduce a price floor for the emissions market. It is hoped that this move will encourage low carbon investment by disincentivising regulated entities from emitting at current levels. How this proposed unilateral measure will interact with the EU ETS remains to be [...]

Market data UN Security Council debate inches climate and security forward http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/un-security-council-debate-brings-climate-and-security-to-standstill/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/un-security-council-debate-brings-climate-and-security-to-standstill/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:19 +0000 Shira Honig http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=7547

Charged meaningless by some and pathetic by others, yesterday’s debate in the United Nations Security Council on the security implications of climate change disappointed the hopes of those in the policy community who, for years, sought action on climate change by the Security Council in absence of any effective multilateral agreement by the United Nations [...]

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Charged meaningless by some and pathetic by others, yesterday’s debate in the United Nations Security Council on the security implications of climate change disappointed the hopes of those in the policy community who, for years, sought action on climate change by the Security Council in absence of any effective multilateral agreement by the United Nations [...]

 UK government’s plans for coal power are an ‘unlawful backward-step’ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/uk-government%e2%80%99s-plans-for-coal-power-are-an-%e2%80%98unlawful-backward-step%e2%80%99/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/uk-government%e2%80%99s-plans-for-coal-power-are-an-%e2%80%98unlawful-backward-step%e2%80%99/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:17:51 +0000 Guest Contributor http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=6479

Article by Guest Contributor: David Holyoake Article provided by ClientEarth and reprinted with permission. Despite their pledge to be the ‘greenest government ever’, close analysis of the UK government’s proposed design of CO2 emissions performance standards for fossil fuel generation (‘EPS’ – limits on the amount of pollutants released into the air) risks being an [...]

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Article by Guest Contributor: David Holyoake Article provided by ClientEarth and reprinted with permission. Despite their pledge to be the ‘greenest government ever’, close analysis of the UK government’s proposed design of CO2 emissions performance standards for fossil fuel generation (‘EPS’ – limits on the amount of pollutants released into the air) risks being an [...]

 New tool allows the public to design the UK’s 2050 low carbon economy http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/new-tool-allows-the-public-to-design-the-uk%e2%80%99s-2050-low-carbon-economy/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/new-tool-allows-the-public-to-design-the-uk%e2%80%99s-2050-low-carbon-economy/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:35:27 +0000 Paige Andrews http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=5828

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) just released an online simulation tool that gives the public a chance to make big decisions over the UK’s energy future. Launched Thursday 3 March in London, My2050 is a user-friendly web application that is designed to allow the public to try out a variety of scenarios [...]

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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) just released an online simulation tool that gives the public a chance to make big decisions over the UK’s energy future. Launched Thursday 3 March in London, My2050 is a user-friendly web application that is designed to allow the public to try out a variety of scenarios [...]

 Climate defence is not an offence http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/climate-defence-is-not-an-offence/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/climate-defence-is-not-an-offence/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:06:02 +0000 Guest Contributor http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=5743

Opinion Piece by Guest Contributor: Melanie Strickland On 22 February 2011, six activists were found guilty of aggravated trespass at Trafford Magistrates Court, following their direct action at Manchester Airport in May 2010, to highlight the threat of climate change and the contribution of the airport to the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. The activists had [...]

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Opinion Piece by Guest Contributor: Melanie Strickland On 22 February 2011, six activists were found guilty of aggravated trespass at Trafford Magistrates Court, following their direct action at Manchester Airport in May 2010, to highlight the threat of climate change and the contribution of the airport to the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. The activists had [...]

 Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy laid bare http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/europe%e2%80%99s-common-fisheries-policy-laid-bare/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/europe%e2%80%99s-common-fisheries-policy-laid-bare/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:58:23 +0000 Nyla Sarwar http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=5717

Over the past few weeks, some of Britain’s most high profile chef’s have tackled the issues of unsustainable fisheries across the EU and beyond. While Gordon Ramsay highlighted the issues and inhumanity of the illegal shark finning trade – all destined for the coveted shark fin soup – from locations including Taiwan and Costa Rica; [...]

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Over the past few weeks, some of Britain’s most high profile chef’s have tackled the issues of unsustainable fisheries across the EU and beyond. While Gordon Ramsay highlighted the issues and inhumanity of the illegal shark finning trade – all destined for the coveted shark fin soup – from locations including Taiwan and Costa Rica; [...]

 Climate Defence – A Wild Way Forward http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/climate-defence-a-wild-way-forward/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/climate-defence-a-wild-way-forward/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:36:05 +0000 El Coombs http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=5701

At 2pm today 18 defendants were sentenced after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass. Their crime was to attempt the shut-down of Ratcliffe- on- Soar, the UK’s third largest coal-fired power station. Yet, they argue that they are not criminals but defenders of the very future of the planet. Their defence raised [...]

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At 2pm today 18 defendants were sentenced after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass. Their crime was to attempt the shut-down of Ratcliffe- on- Soar, the UK’s third largest coal-fired power station. Yet, they argue that they are not criminals but defenders of the very future of the planet. Their defence raised [...]

 Will the EU bailout package affect funds for Climate Change? http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/will-the-eu-bailout-package-affect-funds-for-climate-change/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/will-the-eu-bailout-package-affect-funds-for-climate-change/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:16:56 +0000 Samia Robbins http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=5495

UK’s Energy Minister, Chris Hulme, joins Ministers from over 190 countries today in Cancun, one of Mexico’s liveliest City’s to discuss ways to minimise climate change. In efforts to prevent global warming of up to 2 degrees Celsius, Chris Hulme and his ministerial counterparts from around the world will put forward new ideas, policies and [...]

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UK’s Energy Minister, Chris Hulme, joins Ministers from over 190 countries today in Cancun, one of Mexico’s liveliest City’s to discuss ways to minimise climate change. In efforts to prevent global warming of up to 2 degrees Celsius, Chris Hulme and his ministerial counterparts from around the world will put forward new ideas, policies and [...]

 Climate Science and Ideology http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/climate-science-and-ideology/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/climate-science-and-ideology/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:31:42 +0000 Niel Bowerman http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=5469

The more green groups ask us to “stop flying,” the less the public believes in man-made climate change. Niel Bowerman argues there is a link. Today is the anniversary of “climategate”. It has damaged the credibility of the IPCC, and climate science in general, and yet scientists could not be clearer that the warming observed [...]

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The more green groups ask us to “stop flying,” the less the public believes in man-made climate change. Niel Bowerman argues there is a link. Today is the anniversary of “climategate”. It has damaged the credibility of the IPCC, and climate science in general, and yet scientists could not be clearer that the warming observed [...]