Comment on UK Government announcement of Gatwick Airport expansion by Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr. Lois Pennington, of Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester. The UK Government has announced the expansion of Gatwick Airport, with passenger numbers expected to rise by around 40% within the next decade[1]. Ministers claim this will…
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…
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…
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…
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.