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John Ashton

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

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

John Ashton: Fracking in England only possible if it is imposed

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.

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

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

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

Seven stairs to Paris: A pathway to fixing climate change

Seven stairs to Paris: A pathway to fixing climate change

COMMENT: Climate change is about politics, and we need wise leaders over the coming 11 months, says UK’s former chief climate diplomat

John Ashton: China needs to repair torn fabric of nature and society

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

John Ashton: fracking is no sensible solution to climate change

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

John Ashton: look to Paracelsus for effective climate action

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

John Ashton: climate change is like a Pink Floyd album

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

John Ashton: climate change and political struggle

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

John Ashton: a winning climate coalition is waiting to be forged

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

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

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

John Ashton: UK Treasury ‘cult’ blocking climate ambition

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

Climate change Q&A: ask John Ashton

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

Ashton: Help Obama sidestep Congress and sign UN climate deal

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

Why you should be angry, and why anger isn’t enough

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”

Q&A: John Ashton answers your climate change questions

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

Climate science and politics - where two worlds collide

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

John Ashton: US climate debate is about confidence and progress

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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