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Calling time on the UN
It has been known for years that serious business cannot be done in the framework of the UNFCCC (see, for example, A more effective alternative to the COP process http://thebustard.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html). Thankfully even the most dull-witted internationalists have to accept that … Continue reading
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A case for offsetting
Two weeks ago I flew from Budapest to London and took the train back. Approximate figures: Plane: cost of ticket – £60; time door-to-door – 6 hours; emissions – 300kg Train: cost of ticket – £275; time door-to-door – 24 … Continue reading
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Book
I am not posting things to the blog at the moment because I am working on a book. Hopefully it will be finished soon and then I will carry on with the blog.
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Side-events and the Burnley Summit
The negotiations at Bonn and Copenhagen are reflex actions distracting us from a more important problem; mere side-events to a set of negotiations which is not taking place: what to do now. We have less than ten years to stabilise … Continue reading
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Nature notes – low carbon symbiosis in action
This photograph shows a group of people waiting for a bus on an excessively sunny day in May in Budapest. Note the two species: homo insapiens in a queue of cars going into town, hot and cross and frustrated; and … Continue reading