Contraction And Convergence

Climate change

Campaigners urge Huhne to stand by contraction and convergence pledge

Letter calls on energy and climate change secretary to honour Lib Dem manifesto pledge to push for a more ambitious climate deal

clock 11 June 2010 • 2 min read

Politics

Copenhagen blame game sparked by failure to properly explain Danish Text

Aubrey Meyer and Terry O'Connell of the Global Commons Institute argue that the Copenhagen Summit came close to agreeing an equitable means of tackling climate change, but was let down politicians' failure to spell out their support for the contraction...

clock 11 January 2010 • 7 min read

Legislation

Further rifts emerge on day three of Copenhagen

Split emerges between developing nations, as think-tank argues Danish text contained more ambition from industrialised countries than first thought

clock 09 December 2009 • 3 min read

Legislation

Prescott proposes stupidity awards for wind farm 'nimbys'

Local planners must play their part in reducing climate change impact, says former deputy PM

clock 26 August 2009 • 2 min read

Legislation

Nice carbon budget, shame about the targets

The government's desire to cut UK emissions 80 per cent by 2050 may be admirable, but do its targets go far enough?

clock 04 August 2009 • 5 min read