http://climateanswers.info What we can and should do to prevent dangerous climate change and also to make us more secure, richer and happier Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:19:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://climateanswers.info/2011/07/the-uks-energy-white-paper-and-renewables-roadmap/ http://climateanswers.info/2011/07/the-uks-energy-white-paper-and-renewables-roadmap/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:00:58 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4846 This is a summary and analysis of UK's white paper on Electricity Market Reform and Renewables Roadmap, published this week.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2011/07/the-uks-energy-white-paper-and-renewables-roadmap/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2011/04/the-eu-budget-the-union-risks-having-the-wrong-debate/ http://climateanswers.info/2011/04/the-eu-budget-the-union-risks-having-the-wrong-debate/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:32:58 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4742 The EU should spend less money on agriculture and more on improving the econommies of poorer member-states and on climate protection.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2011/04/the-eu-budget-the-union-risks-having-the-wrong-debate/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2011/02/18-february-2011-the-eu-budget-2014-2020/ http://climateanswers.info/2011/02/18-february-2011-the-eu-budget-2014-2020/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:30:38 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4599 http://climateanswers.info/2011/02/18-february-2011-the-eu-budget-2014-2020/feed/ 1 http://climateanswers.info/2010/12/comment-17-december-2010-more-promised-progress-from-uk-government/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/12/comment-17-december-2010-more-promised-progress-from-uk-government/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:08:08 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4500 http://climateanswers.info/2010/12/comment-17-december-2010-more-promised-progress-from-uk-government/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/12/comment-14-december-2010-how-good-was-cancun/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/12/comment-14-december-2010-how-good-was-cancun/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:47:27 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4489 http://climateanswers.info/2010/12/comment-14-december-2010-how-good-was-cancun/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/11/comment-18-november-2010-how-to-increase-low-carbon-investment/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/11/comment-18-november-2010-how-to-increase-low-carbon-investment/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:25:32 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4457 http://climateanswers.info/2010/11/comment-18-november-2010-how-to-increase-low-carbon-investment/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:31:05 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3958 The demand to ‘make the polluter pay’ by putting a price on the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced has been a major point of discussion and debate across Europe since the mid-1980s. This article summarises carbon and energy taxes existing in European countries and how effective they have been.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/feed/ 1 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:13:44 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3776 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/repowering-communities/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/repowering-communities/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:09:29 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3726 I am writing a book, with Prashant Vaze and Peter Meyer on the role that local, regional and state governments should play in increasing energy efficiency and promoting low carbon energy. This will be published by Earthscan in 2011.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/repowering-communities/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:44:13 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3430 All three main UK parties take climate seriously and promise to reduce emissions and expand low-carbon energy. They all recognise the energy security and employment benefits. This article includes direct quotations from the relevant parts of the manifestos of the three main parties on general climate policies, covering investment, taxation, land-use planning, adaptation, the EU, the developing world and forests.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/feed/ 0