http://climateanswers.info What we can and should do to prevent dangerous climate change and also to make us more secure, richer and happier Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-why-don-t-we-introduce-a-fiscal-neutral-carbon-tax-like-that-proposed-by-prof-james-hansen/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-why-don-t-we-introduce-a-fiscal-neutral-carbon-tax-like-that-proposed-by-prof-james-hansen/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:23:29 +0000 Webmaster http://climateanswers.info/?p=3973 Question: Why don't we introduce a fiscal-neutral carbon tax, like that proposed by Prof James Hansen? Alessandro De Maida]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-why-don-t-we-introduce-a-fiscal-neutral-carbon-tax-like-that-proposed-by-prof-james-hansen/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-22-april-2010-earth-day-what-have-we-achieved-in-the-last-40-years/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-22-april-2010-earth-day-what-have-we-achieved-in-the-last-40-years/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:19:42 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3526 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-22-april-2010-earth-day-what-have-we-achieved-in-the-last-40-years/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/editorial-18-january-2010-obamas-first-year/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/editorial-18-january-2010-obamas-first-year/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:08:04 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3017 http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/editorial-18-january-2010-obamas-first-year/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/obamas-first-year/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/obamas-first-year/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:55:56 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3011 How well have Obama and Energy Secretary Chu done so far on promoting energy efficiency, renewables, CCS and electric vehicles? A very positive assessment is made by the Center for American Progress.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/obamas-first-year/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/offsetting-what-is-it-and-is-it-desirable/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/offsetting-what-is-it-and-is-it-desirable/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:07:18 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2657 Much has been talked about 'carbon offsetting' in recent years and it is now a well known expression. But what is it and is it desirable? Well, it is easy to define in three distinct ways, but whether it is a good idea depends on what is actually meant.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/offsetting-what-is-it-and-is-it-desirable/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:51:34 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2619 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-7-december-2009-copenhagen-obama-progress/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-7-december-2009-copenhagen-obama-progress/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:54:04 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2578 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-7-december-2009-copenhagen-obama-progress/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/australian-ets-chaos/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/australian-ets-chaos/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:36:41 +0000 Simon Morris http://climateanswers.info/?p=2548 So climate change has claimed a political victim in Australia and you don’t know whether to laugh or cry...]]> http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/australian-ets-chaos/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-1-december-2009-controlling-fuel-poverty-during-the-transition/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-1-december-2009-controlling-fuel-poverty-during-the-transition/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:20:07 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2541 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-1-december-2009-controlling-fuel-poverty-during-the-transition/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/10/policy-the-practical-effect-of-kyoto-targets/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/10/policy-the-practical-effect-of-kyoto-targets/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:15:19 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2165 In 1992, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) was signed at the first World Summit on Sustainable Development, which was held in Rio de Janeiro. The Convention did not set targets, but provided the framework for negotiations about targets. These were agreed in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2009/10/policy-the-practical-effect-of-kyoto-targets/feed/ 0