Tag Archives: climate change

Adaptation, not mitigation, is the fairest way to address climate change effects

The poor must use every form of leverage they can find to get the support they need to survive climate change. Control of land is key.  By Daniel Taghioff, India. Foolish people have argued that there is a choice between preventing the worst effects of climate change and adapting to unavoidable changes, despite compelling evidence, such [...]

An intelligent call to action on climate change from the UK Environment Agency

At a recent Royal Society of the Arts (RSA) lecture on Feb 19, 2009, Environment Agency Chairman (Lord) Chris Smith delivered a measured analysis of ‘the seriousness of the economic and environmental challenges that we currently face - and the recognition that the economic turmoil we are going through is an opportunity to change as well [...]

Climate change is too important to be left to politicians

  Every now and again (actually most times) The Economist says something I wanted to say, better than I could. This week, the free market bible points out that posturing aside, the current UK government’s record on implementing effective climate change legislation leaves much to be desired. A new initiative, spearheaded by climate change Czar Adair [...]

Ahoy there me hearties…

Pirates are suddenly everywhere: Indian Navy sinks Pirate Ship, Somali Pirates Hijack Saudi Oil Tanker: Cadbury’s Old Jamaica chocolate bar futures are set to surge. Why the sudden interest? Piracy is not new. Nor is this revival of interest so ephemeral either. We have had quite a few Pirates of the Caribbean to contend with [...]