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Search Results for: John Ashton

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Nov 9, 2015
Comment

John Ashton: Our weapon against fracking is the love of our land

COMMENT: The struggle against dirty energy is the same as the struggle against the Enclosures and the Clearances. The difference is: this one we’re going to win
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Sep 8, 2015
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John Ashton: Fracking in England only possible if it is imposed

COMMENT: There is no need for fracking, anywhere in my country. There is no national interest case. It cannot happen by consent.
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Jul 30, 2015
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John Ashton: We have too little democracy in the UK

COMMENT: Political expediency and commercial opportunism driving fossil fuel exploration, says UK’s former chief climate diplomat
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Jan 27, 2015
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John Ashton: Fracking push is an insult to democracy

COMMENT: The government’s enthusiasm for fracking ignores the will of the people, says the UK’s former climate envoy
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Sep 9, 2014
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John Ashton: Norway must use oil fund to drive clean energy revolution

SPEECH: UK’s former chief climate diplomat offers reflections on Europe, energy and climate change
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Jun 27, 2014
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John Ashton: China needs to repair torn fabric of nature and society

COMMENT: Former chief UK climate diplomat says China must look to the earth to rediscover its dreams for the future
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May 13, 2014
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John Ashton: fracking is no sensible solution to climate change

COMMENT: A UK dash for shale gas will send all the wrong diplomatic signals at a time when clean energy investment is urgent
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Jan 27, 2014
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John Ashton: look to Paracelsus for effective climate action

UK’s former climate change diplomacy chief on how a medieval scholar changed the way a continent thought about life
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Nov 25, 2013
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John Ashton: climate change is like a Pink Floyd album

Full transcript of speech by former UK climate envoy John Ashton on why climate change is like a Pink Floyd album
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Oct 22, 2013
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John Ashton: climate change and political struggle

Former UK climate chief John Ashton on why the challenges posed by global warming can only be solved by pulling together
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Sep 16, 2013
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John Ashton: a winning climate coalition is waiting to be forged

Former UK climate envoy says low carbon industry and progressive politicians need to combine to build new political consensus on global warming
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Jul 12, 2013
Politics

John Ashton Q&A: ‘The USA is still a climate follower, not a leader’

Former UK climate envoy answers RTCC readers’ questions on Obama, China, David Cameron, loss and damage and World Bank funding for coal plants
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Jul 9, 2013
Politics

John Ashton: UK Treasury ‘cult’ blocking climate ambition

Respected climate diplomat calls on British Government to ditch neo-classical economic thinking and lead development of green economy
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Jul 2, 2013
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Climate change Q&A: ask John Ashton

Send your questions to the UK’s former climate change envoy – he’ll answer them on RTCC next week
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May 17, 2013
Politics

John Ashton: No UK political party serious about climate change

Former top British climate diplomat says none of the country’s major political parties is serious about the climate change issue
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Apr 22, 2013
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Q&A: John Ashton answers your climate change questions

Former chief climate change diplomat on UK Treasury, Canada, Kyoto, ‘legal nihilism’ at UNFCCC and why it’s time for a new model of economic growth
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Feb 12, 2013
Politics

John Ashton: US climate debate is about confidence and progress

UK’s former chief climate diplomat says USA still has time to lead low carbon revolution, but time is running out
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May 8, 2012
Finance

John Ashton: We can use China to drive global clean-tech growth

The Foreign Office’s chief climate change official urges private sector to use China as an ‘incubator’ for clean-technology development.
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UK Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change John Ashton
Nov 24, 2011
Politics

RTCC Q&A: UK Special Representative for Climate Change John Ashton

The UK’s Special Representative for Climate Change, John Ashton, talks to RTCC about his hopes for COP17 and why the Durban talks are still relevant.
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May 24, 2013
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Ashton: Help Obama sidestep Congress and sign UN climate deal

Efforts by the US to impose a voluntary global deal must be resisted, former UK climate ambassador John Ashton warns
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UK Foreign Secretary Special Representative for Climate Change John Ashton
Nov 24, 2011
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Ashton: Britain’s future security and prosperity at stake in Durban

UK’s top climate diplomat John Ashton tells RTCC what’s at stake when world meets in Durban for COP17 next week.
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FCO climate change special representative John Ashton
Nov 15, 2011
Politics

Ashton: If we ditch Kyoto we surrender to climate change

UK Special Representative for Climate Change John Ashton says ditching the Kyoto Protocol in Durban would signal the world’s leaders have lost fight against global warming.
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Apr 17, 2014
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Climate change, struggle, and the Christian mission

COMMENT: Former UK chief climate diplomat John Ashton reflects on what campaigners can learn from St Cuthbert
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Oct 2, 2013
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BBC coverage of IPCC gave climate deniers ‘false balance’

Morning summary: John Ashton accuses BBC of climate sceptic bias; IPCC chief blasted for markets stance; Wisconsin allocates $1 billion to climate projects
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