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Climate Change: time to snap out of the collective trance? |
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Written by Osbert Lancaster
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Thursday, 26 November 2009 08:51 |
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Like many others who believe a better world is needed, I've seen climate change action as a powerful lever for helping bring about positive change. But I see little evidence of that strategy working.
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Written by Dave Key
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Monday, 23 November 2009 11:58 |
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In accounting for carbon, we're actually accounting for our right to emit carbon - a derivative of carbon emissions.
Are we setting up a new derivatives market that has no basis in reality? Does this sound familiar?
An interesting press release from Friends of the Earth explores the carbon sub-prime market.
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For Sale - Nature £12 a tonne |
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Written by Dave Key
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Monday, 23 November 2009 11:55 |
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The real problem with carbon trading is that we create an accounting system out of an ecosystem process. It is impossible to measure the full extent of any ecosystem service... |
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Written by Dave Key
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Monday, 23 November 2009 00:00 |
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I recently attended a meeting with a large organisation who, obsessed with meeting their Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) targets, were simply externalising emissions from their areas of responsibility.
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We need to talk about failure |
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Written by Osbert Lancaster & Dave Key
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Friday, 20 November 2009 11:13 |
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"I tell clients we can beat climate change, I don't say we might fail," said the keynote speaker, a leading sustainability adviser, "It's like coaching a football team going up against strong competition, you tell them they can win. You don't tell them the opposition's tough and they're likely to be thrashed."
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I'm off to the pub and other coping strategies |
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Written by Dave Key
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 12:06 |
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The array of social and environmental threats currently facing us is frightening. That these threats are all connected to each other - and to each of us personally - is overwhelming. How can we cope?
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Low Carbon Route Maps: a great place to start |
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Written by Osbert Lancaster
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:55 |
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Low Carbon Route Maps "a great place to start" says, Peter Lipman, Policy Director, Sustrans and Chair, Transition Network:
It is crucial that we all respond appropriately to the climate change challenges we face. To do that communities need clear, usable guides, setting the context and enabling them to start out with both practical actions and an idea of what can be achieved. The Low Carbon Route Maps are a great place to start.
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Swap Alcohol for Heroin? The Nuclear Choice. |
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Written by Dave Key
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 09:52 |
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I know it's complicated and I really want to understand it but I just can't make sense of the government's latest proposal for new nuclear power plants. It simply doesn't add up...
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Psychology is the missing link in the climate change debate |
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Written by Dave Key
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 09:35 |
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Psychology is the missing link in the climate change debate: Without a deeper insight into people's behaviour and motivations, a low-carbon world will remain out of reach. Not unpredictably, the Guardian is the first broadsheet to spot the fundamental importance of psychology in meeting the challenges of climate change. |
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Pathfinder for Universities that Count |
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Written by Osbert Lancaster
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Monday, 26 October 2009 14:41 |
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Footprint's Pathfinder programme is a subtle blend of training, mentoring and consulting - all focussed on solving a challenging problem, developing a real project and/or implementing a process of change within an organisation, or among its stakeholders.
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