It seems that China has polluted so much that the Yangtze river has had damage that is irreversibility, according to the BBC.
It seems that around 14bn tons of waste are believed to be dumped into the river each year. Furthermore, the river’s aquatic life had been seriously affected, with [...]
- Carbon dioxide emissions from large UK generators seem to be increasing much more than expected.
- The effect that climate change might have on future security threats is being discussed in an upcoming international conference, and of course by David Miliband.
- An environmentalist?s dilemma: [...]
Well they have finally arrived after much wrangling. The UK is to bring in carbon targets which the government must achieve every 5 years. These targets are to be set by an international panel of experts.
The set-up is very much like an independent central bank, whereas the government is [...]
And I mean Lomborg, Tol, Helm, Grubb, etc, well check out these minutes from the House of Lords select committee on economic affairs.
You can find out everything about from the Integrated Assessment Models of PAGE, FUND, and the IPCC?s model, to whether a life in the developed world [...]
Imperial College London has launched a new climate change research centre after a £12million grant from the Grantham Foundation.
This is the largest private funding given to climate change in the UK and will contribute to the world’s response to climate change by stimulating a research drive [...]
UKNEE, the UK Network of Environmental Economists, is holding its 2007 conference at the Royal Society in London on the 23rd of March. This conference aims to bring together environmental economists from academia, consultancy and public and private sectors to foster closer relationships, follow recent developments and share [...]
A new economics blog by the BBC economics editor Evan Davies has an interesting post about the re-released book Irrationality by Stuart Sutherland:
The assumption of rationality in economics is like the map of the London Underground: it strips out the complexity of the system, to illuminate the [...]
On the 7th February, Adair Turner gave a lecture on “The Economics of Climate Change”. This was organised by the Sustainable Development Commission at the Savoy Place in London. Adair is the current Pensions Commissioner, but he has a known interest in climate change and the long-run growth [...]
If yes, then Friends of the Earth would like to hear from you. They?ve recently launched a new online bookshop and would like feedback from the green community.
If you answer their very short 10 questions, you get the chance to win over £150 worth of environmental books. Click here [...]
A new ?Energy Saving (Daylight) Bill? (pdf) is to be put forward in the House of Commons, which would advance the clocks in England by one hour for an experimental period of three years. So in the winter, England will be GMT+1 hours and in the winter, [...]
