So, if there were a functioning climate movement in Manchester, it would, imho, be answering some of the questions in bold (scroll down if you want to see them). But there isn't. Ho-hum, #gladtobe45andchildfree. Global Discourse special issue: 'After sustainability - what?' Call for Papers Guest editor: John Foster (j.foster@lancaster.ac.uk) It is no longer... Continue Reading →
Fetish night at Bruntwood: sustainability gets VERY interesting. #Manchester #climate
Cross posted from here. Not that kind of fetish (sorry for the clickbaiting). I mean the original, anthropological meaning of “fetish” - a god that we create, then forget that we created as we come to worship it. That kind of fetish was being discussed tonight at the latest and best-I've-been-to meeting of the excellent... Continue Reading →
On deliberately lousy cons and the (selection) logic behind them
We've all had emails from the sons or daughters of Nigerian dictators asking your help to get a load of cash out of the country, with a nice little reward for you yourself. And then there are the 'you've won the lottery' ones. There are variations, all collectively known as advance-fee scams. If you're like... Continue Reading →
Climate change and World War 2 analogy
Someone who went on the climate march didn't see the organisers taking the coffins away from protesters and calling for police support. He did however comment "that there were more young faces in the crowd than usual". Memories are funny things. I remembered at that moment my grandfather and one of the recollections he shared... Continue Reading →
The immovable object and the State
On Monday night Manchester was the scene of a crime. It was a crime committed, as the tabloids would always tell you most are, by a young(ish) Black Man, the son of one of those immigrants allowed to come to England decades ago. It was a serious crime, a crime against the state.... If, that... Continue Reading →
On existentialism, guilt, Godard and … Shell’s corporate framing strategy
Shell has a new advert – another clever and slick one extolling the virtues of burning gas, which, by pure coincidence, they happen to sell. Why now with this? Well, a mere three decades after the scientists started saying “we're gonna fry ourselves if we don't get off the fossil fuel habit” we rich white... Continue Reading →
#Australian Prime Ministers and #climate change aka “Turnbull goes to Paris…” #auspol
Malcom Turnbull is going to the Paris Climate Talks., for the photo opportunity that the French are staging at the outset, hoping to avoid a repeat of the Copenhagen debacle. Environment Minister Greg Hunt will be there for the first week and Julie Bishop, angling for a co-chair role on the Green Investment Bank, will... Continue Reading →
Prof Kevin Anderson on #climate, INDCs IAMs and much else
Here's another part of the interview with Professor Kevin Anderson. It covers some of the same ground as what has already been posted (see below for explanation)- the inadequacy of the Intended Nationally-Determined Contributions (the pledges for Paris), but goes into much more detail on the nature of Bio-energy Carbon Capture and Storage, the problems... Continue Reading →
Professor Kevin Anderson on #Paris #Climate #hope and much more
This post originally appeared on Manchester Climate Monthly. Climate scientist Professor Kevin Anderson spoke to Manchester Climate Monthly on Monday 23rd November. In the two separate videos that follow, you can see him outlining what is at stake in the upcoming Paris climate conference - the nature of the individual nations' pledges (INDCs) and how... Continue Reading →
Recent articles about #Australia and #climate negotiations
Hat-tip to John Englart and his excellent article here on the Australian diplomatic position. These are some of the articles that he refers to. Arup, T. 2015. Climate change: Can a wounded Paris deliver for the planet? The Age, 22 November. http://www.theage.com.au/environment/can-a-wounded-paris-deliver-for-the-planet-20151118-gl1pnx.html Englart, J. 2015. Can a leopard change its spots? Australia's schizophrenic #climate diplomacy. Nofibs.com.au 11 November.... Continue Reading →
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