Jan 24 minContention over values and knowledgeOne may analyse political constraints to international environmental agreements as involving contention over values and knowledge....
Dec 12, 20206 minIntra- and international constraints to addressing environmental problems Due to the collective impact of all countries’ CO2e and CFC emissions, anthropogenic climate change and ozone layer depletion cannot be...
Dec 4, 20202 minTrade in Threatened Species: An Annotated Reference of Frank & Wilcove (2019)I've been reading up about this topic, and I have stumbled across this very useful article that I think others might find helpful. I have...
Nov 15, 20206 minClimate Change Policy and Neoclassical Economics: Part 2/2Many economic impacts of climate change are not expected to occur for decades or even centuries, and even then their occurrence is...
Oct 17, 20204 minClimate Change Policy and Neoclassical Economics: Part 1/2Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. - Mark Twain This witty quote opens the 2019 winter issue of...
Sep 3, 20206 minThe Nuclear OptionThe book 'Energy and Civilisation: A History' by Vaclav Smil ends on a pessimistic note, expressing the unlikelihood of immediate and...
Aug 14, 20203 minRunning out of Planet: a Summary and Review of 'Prosperity without Growth' by Tim JacksonWhile the broad topics covered in Prosperity without Growth certainly go beyond the scope of this blog, which limits itself to climate...
Jul 16, 20202 minIn August 2016, a boy died of anthrax in a remote corner of the Siberian tundra. In August 2016, in a remote corner of Siberian tundra in the Arctic Circle, a 12-year-old boy died, at least 20 people were hospitalised,...
Jun 19, 20204 minIs organically farmed food really better for the environment?I was having this conversation with a friend the other day, and suddenly realised that although I had the impression that organic food...
May 1, 20203 minReframing Climate Change: A National Security ThreatClimate change and national security: let’s start off with the facts. What threats does anthropogenic climate change pose to national...
Apr 18, 20202 minReframing Climate Change: IntroductionWe describe the climate as being in “crisis”, GHGs wreaking “havoc” on the planet’s ecology, and temperature rises as “extreme” and...
Mar 7, 20203 minElectrifying transport is a doddle. Here are decarbonisation’s real challenges: If we want to avoid the apocalypse, we need to reduce our CO2 emissions. This is called decarbonisation. Decarbonising transport is easy...
Feb 27, 20201 minUtah Philips"The Earth isn't dying, it is being killed. And those who are killing it have names and addresses."
Feb 1, 20203 minWhat were you doing in December 2015?A quick scroll through my Instagram was enough to remind me what I was doing. I was in my first term of university. Hozier was giving a...
Jan 26, 20203 minRecycling's for dummies. Change how you vote!About two weeks ago (week beginning 13 Jan) ITV London News ran a story in which a reporter tried her best to reduce her personal carbon
