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/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/ 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/editorial-1-april-2010-poland-and-ccs/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-1-april-2010-poland-and-ccs/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:49:00 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3378 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-1-april-2010-poland-and-ccs/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/02/editorial-4-february-2010-substantial-eu-progress-on-ccs/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/02/editorial-4-february-2010-substantial-eu-progress-on-ccs/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:00:26 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3080 http://climateanswers.info/2010/02/editorial-4-february-2010-substantial-eu-progress-on-ccs/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/editorial-4-january-2010-europe-must-follow-germany-and-spain/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/editorial-4-january-2010-europe-must-follow-germany-and-spain/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:54:09 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2867 http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/editorial-4-january-2010-europe-must-follow-germany-and-spain/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/2009/11/editorial-26-november-2009-uk-conservatives-promise-progress/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/11/editorial-26-november-2009-uk-conservatives-promise-progress/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:12:26 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2484 http://climateanswers.info/2009/11/editorial-26-november-2009-uk-conservatives-promise-progress/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 http://climateanswers.info/2009/03/climate-answers-technology-policy-and-behaviour/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/03/climate-answers-technology-policy-and-behaviour/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:30:12 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=152 Our website, Climateanswers.info, is broadly split up into three: technological answers, political answers and behavioural answers. Why have we done this? Well, this site is really about actions and not prohibitions - what we can do, rather than just what we shouldn't. We do not wear hair shirts at Climate Answers and we are born optimists!]]> http://climateanswers.info/2009/03/climate-answers-technology-policy-and-behaviour/feed/ 1