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One day in early 2045
This week I managed to stay a bit closer to home and met up for lunch with Dr. Myles Allen of the Department of Physics (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics) at the University of Oxford. Although we have probably all understood the bit...
Peak oil, peak transport
Recently the Guardian newspaper in the UK launched into that much discussed topic of peak oil in response to a recent report Heads in the Sand issued by Global Witness. I will pass on the topic of peak oil, but look more at the energy...
It’s all in the context . . .
After a short telephone interview yesterday, I was quoted in the Guardian newspaper today, but unfortunately completely out of context. Based on the interview, The Guardian chose to position Shell as opposing action in Copenhagen, which couldn’t be...
From the sands of the desert . . .
One of the most important moments at the recent Bangkok UNFCCC meeting was the release by the IEA of its Climate Change Excerpt to the World Energy Outlook 2009. The full World Energy Outlook will be released in November as usual, but the pre-...
Not a book I would recommend . . .
I had never intended this blog to be about climate science, but every now and again something comes along which changes that. Recently that something was a book by an Australian geologist, Ian Plimer, Heaven and Earth – global warming the missing...
The plight of the AAU
One of the less discussed and least used features of the Kyoto Protocol is the tradability of the Assigned Amount Unit or AAU. This is the instrument that national governments use for compliance and it functions in pretty much the same way as...
Shipping makes a move
Late last week a significant development came from an equally significant slice of the global shipping community – support for action to reduce CO2 emissions from international shipping in the form of a global cap-and-trade system. International...
Yet another greenhouse gas!
I was speaking on a panel in Oxford last week and the subject of greenhouse gases other than CO2 came up with one of my fellow panelists. It seems we can add a “new” one to the list of recognised greenhouse gases, Nitrogen Trifluoride. NF3 has a...
How many electric vehicles??
At a recent UK Government stakeholder meeting in London the issue of transport and electric cars came up. Based on information from an adviser on climate change to the government, there seems to be a working assumption that electric cars will take...
A tectonic shift in Japan
A tectonic shift may be underway in Japan, but not of the sort normally associated with this country and its frequent earth tremors. Rather, a new era in climate politics may dawn as a result of the recent win by the DPJ in the national elections....
A bit of concrete thinking
During my second year at University I worked for two months in a cement plant as part of the “practical experience” element of my chemical engineering studies. This was about 30 years ago and in those days nobody talked about CO2 – I don’t recall...
This “Energy Citizen” also wants a word
Last week saw the launch of a new initiative in the United States, “Energy Citizens”, which aims to create a significant lobby against the passage of climate change legislation in the USA and most specifically the recent House bill, the...
