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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.
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.
Climate change, struggle, and the Christian mission
COMMENT: Former UK chief climate diplomat John Ashton reflects on what campaigners can learn from St Cuthbert
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
Why you should be angry, and why anger isn’t enough
Former UK climate diplomat John Ashton calls on young people to re-engage in politics and find their “collective voice as a generation”
Climate science and politics – where two worlds collide
Former UK climate diplomat John Ashton says climate scientists must actively communicate their findings – but under certain conditions
COP18: Qatar organisers warned of efforts to derail climate talks
Leading climate diplomat John Ashton tells RTCC Qatari Presidency of the UN climate talks must be prepared to counter efforts to frustrate negotiations over the next two weeks
RTCC podcast: Climate change and the USA
On this month’s pod John Ashton & Tom Burke discuss climate change and the US elections, the UK’s barmy energy policy, South Korea’s green revolution & China’s low carbon leadership
Fracking will blow UK carbon goals without stricter rules
Government advisers also say more action would be needed to cut emissions in other areas to cope with full-scale fracking, reports the Guardian
Brexit: Why a vote to leave the EU is bad news for the climate
Leaving the EU would hit low carbon investment and the UK’s influence at international negotiations, say experts
Greenpeace ‘fracks’ UK parliament as public inquiry starts
NEWS: Campaign group installs mock fracking rig and drill in London on day independent panel review of Lancashire applications begins
UK fracking furore will fizzle out says shale chief
INTERVIEW: Protests are the norm with onshore energy projects – but let industry address ‘fears and myths’ to prove benefits, says top natural gas lobbyist
UK climate diplomats face axe after COP21 Paris summit
NEWS: Network of envoys working on low carbon strategies and climate vulnerability in developing countries likely to shrink after Foreign Office cuts
Shell exits Prince of Wales climate group amid row rumours
NEWS: Controversial plans to drill in Arctic said to be last straw for fellow members of influential European climate grouping
Oil giants brush up climate credentials ahead of Paris summit
NEWS: New initiative backed by UK, Chinese and Saudi firms seeks to explore ways they can contribute to emissions challenge
G7 ministers hail agreement on climate goals ahead of June summit
NEWS: Energy chiefs say group of industrialised countries are in consensus over urgency of “deep” greenhouse gas cuts
Fracking: what is the British government trying to hide?
COMMENT: Decisions over the onshore drilling for gas and oil need to be taken with all the facts at our disposal, not pushed through Parliament in a rush
Climate change weekly wrap (March #3) – news, video + analysis
NEWSLETTER: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics
Shell’s climate change strategy: narcissistic, paranoid, and psychopathic
COMMENT: In an open letter to Shell’s Ben Van Beurden, the UK’s former top climate envoy says now is the time for him to show leadership
UK government pledges to consult scientists on fracking
NEWS: Shale gas exploration will only be approved if independent committee says it is compatible with climate goals