Unless you've been in a coma on Mars, you'll have spotted that the Australian Government strong-armed UNESCO recently. They did this to keep the inconvenient-to-tourism fact that significant chunks of the Greater Barrier Reef is suffering coral bleaching out of a report on climate change and World Heritage sites. In yet another example of the... Continue Reading →
Mikler, J and Harrison, N. 2013. Climate Innovation: Australian Corporate Perspectives on the Role of Government. Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 59, (3), pp.414-428. Nothing I have learnt in the last two years of reading a lot (no, even by my OCD*-ish standards) has so much as grazed - let alone dented -... Continue Reading →
So, over the last two days, even with The Wife about, I have somehow contrived to read nine journal articles about policy theory, policy implementation etc. I really do need to get out more. Rather than blog them in the order I read them, imma go for some sort of logical clumping (the borders are,... Continue Reading →
The sixth lap is usually fairly unproductive, from a reading point of view, but probably where the calorie burn comes from. Somehow I only managed to finish one article – (and tbf, most of another) Lorenzoni, I. and Benson, D. 2014. Radical institutional change in environmental governance: Explaining the origins of the UK Climate... Continue Reading →
Below is a piece just published on 'The Conversation.' I was very flattered to be asked to write it. I think I should probably have included a sentence about Hugh Saddler's 1981 book 'Energy in Australia', which has a brief climate section, and made the point that various oil companies (Exxon, Shell) bought up Australian... Continue Reading →
So, read Weart in bed and Bell/Schmidt as I walked around the park with the 50lb backpack Weart, S. 2011. Global warming: How skepticism became denial. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol.67(1), pp.41-50. Bell, S. 2012. Where are the Institutions? The Limits of Vivien Schmidt’s Constructivism. British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 42, pp.714-719. Schmidt,... Continue Reading →
Almost every morning I lug a heavy (25kg/55lb-ish) backpack and my sorry ass around a local park. There are squirrels, dogs, dog-walkers (but no doggers) and also things to read. Yep, I read as I go. What I haven't been doing is systematically writing about what I read. No more! Today I begin this, and... Continue Reading →
As a resident of the UK, which was paying its dues to the International Energy Agency Clean Coal Centre, I was able to download its latest reports for free. No more, thanks to the UK government cancelling its subs (something to do with not burning coal any more, at least, soonish). And given George Osborne... Continue Reading →
Hmmm, I am dubious about the value of trying to psycho-analyze societies. And when I say "we" and "the species" I am v. conscious of mostly meaning white middle-class male Westerners. But still, maybe this will provoke someone into sending me some very good reading suggestions. ATT (After the Thesis) I am going to read... Continue Reading →
The future is here, and we are avoiding it. 2020 used to be the target year, by which we had done x and y and z. Sadly, we didn't do those things. A mix of complacency, distraction, stupidity and incompetence mostly explains that. So it goes. But this presents the happy shiny people (HSP) who... Continue Reading →
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