Agreeing mutually acceptable emissions targets will be more effective in tackling climate change ...

Countries like to talk about being green and trumpet their climate change policies to show how progressive they are. However this does not mean they actually do anything. Legally binding targets are one way to make sure that countries act on policies to prevent climate change, but are they the b...more...

Carbon costs should be included in the retail price of products and services

The cost of the goods and services we consume takes into account the resources, labour used to make them, as well as the transportation and administration costs involved. However, neither the consumer nor the producer pays for the environmental cost created by providing that good or service. This...more...

Give free access to intellectual property to enable developing nations to implement CO2 reducing ...

Technology is key in preventing global warming. Technology created the industrial revolution and will create the green revolution. We cannot leave less developed countries behind while the developed world moves forward into a new green age. Developing countries can make use of many technologies t...more...

The developed world must shoulder the vast majority of the cost of adapting to climate change

The developed world has spewed out CO2 for the last two centuries and its financial riches make it best able to adapt to climate change. Developing countries will be worst affected and least able to cope. A new kind of aid is necessary to help those who have been displaced by climate change and ...more...

There is no need for mandatory international targets for nations renewable energy production.

We need renewable energy to cut dependence on fossil fuels. However producing electricity from them is often more expensive than current approaches. In order for countries to abandon fossil fuels governments need to intervene. However, targets must to be set internationally for them to be meani...more...

The development of a global low-carbon economy by 2020 is an unattainable dream

Environmentalists argue that all countries need to change their economies to being “low carbon” as quickly as possible. A low-carbon economy will be a more pleasant environment in which to live and will be sustainable. But is it realistic? It would require a complete revolution in how an economy...more...

Agreeing mutually acceptable emissions targets will be more effective in tackling climate change ...

Countries like to talk about being green and trumpet their climate change policies to show how progressive they are. However this does not mean they actually do anything. Legally binding targets are one way to make sure that countries act on policies to prevent climate change, but are they the b...more...

The developed world must shoulder the vast majority of the cost of adapting to climate change

The developed world has spewed out CO2 for the last two centuries and its financial riches make it best able to adapt to climate change. Developing countries will be worst affected and least able to cope. A new kind of aid is necessary to help those who have been displaced by climate change and ...more...

There is no need for mandatory international targets for nations renewable energy production.

We need renewable energy to cut dependence on fossil fuels. However producing electricity from them is often more expensive than current approaches. In order for countries to abandon fossil fuels governments need to intervene. However, targets must to be set internationally for them to be meani...more...

Each business sector should be considered as a global unit when being counted for CO2 emissions.

Businesses go where their costs are lowest. When an industry is faced with a carbon tax in one country it will just move production abroad to circumvent that tax. Moreover, this means that emissions from products consumed in the first country count towards the emissions of the country the indus...more...

All countries should have a climate change ministry.

Climate change is the most important challenge facing the world today. Every country should recognise the importance of tackling climate change by creating a climate change ministry. This could coordinate efforts both within each country and between nations rather than the foreign office negotiat...more...

Conserving resources through controlling population growth is more important than the freedom to ...

Our earth is crowded and we are living unsustainably. The world population is estimated to be 6.8billion and will rise to between 8 and 9 billion by 2050. The more people there are the more resources they will consume and the more emissions will be created. According to the Optimum Population Tr...more...

Could a range of statistics be used to measure a country’s wellbeing rather than GDP?

Using the total value of the goods and services produced in a country over a year as the main statistic to indicate the wellbeing of a country focuses on economic growth to the exclusion of both individuals’ happiness and the environment. Costs to the environment and wellbeing are not reflected i...more...

The development of a global low-carbon economy by 2020 is an unattainable dream

Environmentalists argue that all countries need to change their economies to being “low carbon” as quickly as possible. A low-carbon economy will be a more pleasant environment in which to live and will be sustainable. But is it realistic? It would require a complete revolution in how an economy...more...

There is no need for mandatory international targets for nations renewable energy production.

We need renewable energy to cut dependence on fossil fuels. However producing electricity from them is often more expensive than current approaches. In order for countries to abandon fossil fuels governments need to intervene. However, targets must to be set internationally for them to be meani...more...

Carbon costs should be included in the retail price of products and services

The cost of the goods and services we consume takes into account the resources, labour used to make them, as well as the transportation and administration costs involved. However, neither the consumer nor the producer pays for the environmental cost created by providing that good or service. This...more...

The developed world must shoulder the vast majority of the cost of adapting to climate change

The developed world has spewed out CO2 for the last two centuries and its financial riches make it best able to adapt to climate change. Developing countries will be worst affected and least able to cope. A new kind of aid is necessary to help those who have been displaced by climate change and ...more...

Conserving resources through controlling population growth is more important than the freedom to ...

Our earth is crowded and we are living unsustainably. The world population is estimated to be 6.8billion and will rise to between 8 and 9 billion by 2050. The more people there are the more resources they will consume and the more emissions will be created. According to the Optimum Population Tr...more...

There is no need for mandatory international targets for nations renewable energy production.

We need renewable energy to cut dependence on fossil fuels. However producing electricity from them is often more expensive than current approaches. In order for countries to abandon fossil fuels governments need to intervene. However, targets must to be set internationally for them to be meani...more...

Could a range of statistics be used to measure a country’s wellbeing rather than GDP?

Using the total value of the goods and services produced in a country over a year as the main statistic to indicate the wellbeing of a country focuses on economic growth to the exclusion of both individuals’ happiness and the environment. Costs to the environment and wellbeing are not reflected i...more...