Venue: UEA. 8th September 2025 Our Critical Decade for Climate Action The text below is from Kevin’s talk that followed Dr Gaurav Gharde’s presentation, where Gaurav revisited the 2005 UK energy scenarios, which Kevin and colleagues developed, comparing them with other approaches from the time. __________ The Chair (Professor Alice…
I was asked by Bob Berwyn of Inside Climate News for my thoughts on James Hansen and colleagues’ recent paper Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? Bob’s article is available at: New research led by James Hansen … For those interested, a slightly modified…
Kevin delivered a short presentation (under 15 minutes) on the remaining 1.5 and 2°C carbon budgets, downscaling from global values to Ireland. Kevin’s contribution begins at 4m 15s. “It is with a very heavy heart that I say … I don’t think 1.5°C is … achievable. I hope to be…
The European Commission recently reported that “EU greenhouse gas emissions fell by 8.3% in 2023, compared with 2022”. This significant cut was widely welcomed across the press, and while most reporting did adopt measured language in describing the reduction, it was typically referred to as ‘progress’. But progress relative to…
During a recent visit (October 2025) to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Kevin Anderson was asked three climate related questions: In this 10 minute video recording Kevin provides succinct answers to each. The transcript of a longer set of questions and answers (in addition to those above) is available at:…
A comment on the Tim Harford and Channel 4’s Skint: The Truth About Britain’s Broken Economy and how the hand waving dismissal of the climate challenges accompanying the proposed ‘growth’ panacea is not supported by the data. As a frequent listener to “More or Less”, I decided to watch Tim…
The final text from COP28 is a death knell for the stronger 1.5°C commitment of the Paris Agreement and even puts the much weaker 2°C obligation on critical life-support. No doubt there will be lots of cheer and back-slapping among many pontificators and even some climate ‘experts’, but the physics…
A few days ago I was commissioned by the energy and environment section editor at The Conversation to elaborate on my contribution to the recent Guardian article, “Who are the polluter elite?”. After a few minor edits and references, my expanded text was approved and I was advised that it…
In a recent interview with Nick Breeze for Climate.Genn.cc, Kevin offers his thoughts on the co-option of the COP process by fossil fuel lobbyists, the prospects for system change, and the role of civil society in bringing about political change. They also discuss how speculative negative emission technologies and hydrogen…
A recent short paper in the Nature family of journals offers six expert viewpoints of the key issues relating to carbon dioxide removal as a means of mitigating climate change. Contributions by Holly Jean Buck, Lili Fuhr, Oliver Geden, Glen Peters, Eve Tamme and Climate Uncensored’s Kevin Anderson. Kevin summarises:…
This is a quick response to UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s, cynical backpedalling on the UK’s already weak climate policies. The physics of the climate responds to the build up of emissions in the atmosphere and not Net Zero 2050 or any other random end date. By weakening the UK’s…
This is a quick response to UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s, announcement of funding for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Scotland. It also aims to correct the sloppy reporting about the role of CCS on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme (31/07/23). 1. The specific technology is…
In the wake of the IPCC’s latest synthesis report, which confirms the urgent need for effective action on all fronts, we share the following text from a talk given by Kevin last year. It summarises the scale and types of action necessary if governments and societies were really committed to…
Never have the voices of civil society been so important. As the UK and German Governments choose lies over action on climate change, so they pass legislation to silence those pointing this out. Following one of Kevin Anderson’s tweets, he was asked by a major news outlet to elaborate on…
As COP27 drew to a close, the Science Media Centre asked Kevin, amongst others, for a quick comment on the success or otherwise of this latest climate jamboree. Below is a slightly updated version of Kevin’s statement.