The Government has drawn an extremely positive picture of a “historic global climate deal [by which] the whole world has … Continue reading “What the Paris Agreement on climate change really means”

As the Paris Conference of the Parties to the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change progresses, it would seem that … Continue reading “UK climate change policy is a colossal and pointless waste of money”

Last week, in an interview in The Independent, the Defence Secretary, Mr Philip Hammond, announced yet another miracle flowing from London’s … Continue reading “Mr Hammond’s Olympic misunderstanding”

In an earlier post, I described the outright scandal that dominated the initial operation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). … Continue reading “The Clean Development Mechanism is costly and counterproductive”

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is the ‘flexible mechanism’ set up under the Kyoto Protocol to, in effect, subsidise the … Continue reading “How the Clean Development Mechanism wastes billions and actually increases greenhouse gas emissions”

After the failure even to reach an agreement through proper UN negotiating procedures at Copenhagen, expectations for the Cancun conference … Continue reading “Climate change policy: imposing immense costs but delivering nothing”

The claim that the Copenhagen climate change conference was not a total failure, which still enjoys currency in public debate … Continue reading “Climate change: Why the notifications to the Copenhagen Accord are notifications of increased emissions”

Nothing could be more different from the atmosphere of the Copenhagen climate change conference than the atmosphere in which the … Continue reading “The real legally binding agreement about greenhouse gas emissions”