Climate change sell-out or landmark global warming fightback? Whatever your point of view, Cop28, the 28th such meeting of its kind, was not short on controversy. This year the event was held in Dubai and 84,000 people registered to attend. Critics often point to the carbon footprint of moving this many people from place to […]
Vive La France! (and everywhere else)
The horrific attacks in Beirut and Paris this weekend show us too clearly what is at stake in Syria and Iraq and why the world needs to deal with ISIS without delay.
Cop 21 and China’s Coal Consumption
China’s report that it has used 17% more coal than earlier reported adds to the concern about reaching a climate deal in Paris next December and puts more pressure on Barak Obama to succeed where Woodrow wilson failed almost 100 years ago.
Syria and the Search for a New World Order
Syria takes center stage as the world’s current flashpoint as negotiations over its future start and both the U.S. and Russia commit their military to the 4 and a half year old conflict.
The answer is the sun
At the Paris climate talks, the only way the world will avoid going over the 2 degree warming target is for the industrialized west to agree to massively fund solar power development for the developing world
Oil for $20 a Barrel?
Last week the Spanish energy giant Repsol announced its new strategic plan which involves selling off assets and sharply reducing capital spending. In announcing its new plan Repsol follows its larger rivals Exxon-Mobil, Shell and BP that have announced reductions in capital spending and/or headcount in the last few months as a result of the very […]
