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SGR is deeply concerned about the likely major impacts of human-induced climate change. We are also concerned about the problems associated with nuclear power.
Below is a summary of many of SGR's outputs on climate change and energy issues, including briefings, articles, position statements and details of the SGR project ‘The Climate Train to Kyoto’.
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Could one Trident submarine cause 'nuclear
winter'?
Philip Webber analyses the latest research on the potential climatic impacts
of nuclear war and demonstrates that the firepower of just one of the UK's Trident
submarines could be devastating for the whole planet.
Nuclear
power: the security dimension - lecture given by Dr Stuart Parkinson
in Kendal, Cumbria (October)
Statement
on UK Renewable Energy Targets - SGR condemns the government decision
to abandon its target of 20% of UK electricity generated from renewable energy
sources by 2020 (October)
The
Future of Nuclear Power - consultation document
SGR response to the UK government's consultation document (9th October)
'Nuclear power:
yes or no?' Powerpoint presentation
and notes from a lecture given by Dr Stuart Parkinson as part of a debate held
at Manchester University (19th September)
Climate
science for beginners - web version of Notes to a Presentation given
at the Camp for Climate Action by Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR (15th August)
SGR
has called for stronger CO2 emissions targets in its response
to the consultation on the UK government's Draft Climate Change
Bill (11th June)
Guns
and Global Warming: War, Peace and the Environment Web version of a
presentation given by Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, at the Network for Peace AGM,
London (10 February)
Keeping nuclear weapons or tackling climate change? - Web version of a Presentation to a parliamentary seminar. The presentation uses government and industry data to carry out a new analysis of the degree to which Trident replacement could undermine action on climate change. It concludes there is significant threat - due to competition for both funding and skills. (December)
Web version of a Submission to a recent Defence Select Committee inquiry which examines the effect that opting for replacement of the UK's nuclear weapons could have on the national skills base. It concludes that such a path could have a significant and detrimental impact on the supply of science and technology staff to the civilian sector. In particular, it expresses concern that this problem could seriously undermine the UK's attempts to play its role in tackling global issues such as climate change and energy insecurity. (November)
Letter to John Sauven, Greenpeace, re Legal Action over the UK Energy Review 2006 (October)
Consultation on the Policy Framework for New Nuclear Build - Response by Scientists for Global Responsibility (October)
Dr Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director of SGR, ran two workshops at the Camp for Climate Action in late August/early September. Click on the links below to see his Notes for the workshops:
Divert military finance to fund Lord Rees' new energy research initiative - SGR press release (August)
Not enough skilled workers to build new UK nuclear power stations? - Comment article by Dr Stuart Parkinson about the lack of new workers entering the nuclear industry (July)
Our Energy Challenge : DTI Consultation 2006 - Response by Scientists for Global Responsibility (April)
Letter To Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, MP, regarding opposition to a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK - open letter to the Prime Minister coordinated by SGR, signed by Dr. Stuart Parkinson (SGR Executive Director) and 40 energy and climate experts (10th April 2006). See also Leading scientists attack Blair over nuclear power, an article covering this letter in the Sunday Herald (April)
Leading scientists attack Blair over nuclear power - Article in the Sunday Herald covering our letter to the Prime Minister (see above) opposing a new generation of nuclear power stations (April)
How
to save the world (March)
Article
about climate change based on an interview with Dr Stuart Parkinson, in
HERO magazine for London students.
Open
Letter to Rt Hon Tony Blair (November)
organised by
the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Letter
to Margaret Beckett, Environment Minister, (October)
arguing for the UK to take a strong position at the upcoming climate
negotiations in Montreal.
“Climate
change, the Kyoto Protocol and civil engineering” -
(May)
Lecture by Dr Stuart Parkinson at the Institution of Civil Engineers,
London
Public
Inquiry on Whinash wind farm - (April)
Web version of Written Evidence in
support of the application by Dr Stuart Parkinson
Letter
to Margaret Beckett, Environment Minister - (March)
from Martin Quick (AESR)
and Stuart Parkinson (SGR) re Consultation on the Review of the UK Climate Change
Programme
Consultation
on the Review of the UK Climate Change Programme - (March)
Response
by AESR and SGR
Energy,
CO2 stabilisation
and economic growth - (February)
Peter Smith looks
at the scale of changes that are needed in energy production to tackle climate
change (from
SGR/AESR Newsletter, PDF file, 320 KB)
SGR
comments on proposals for new UK sustainable development strategy
- (July)
In these Responses to the Government’s consultation on its Sustainable
Development Strategy we argue, inter alia, that ‘[T]hose respondents who
argue for the continued prioritisation of economic objectives do not appreciate
the severe damage being caused to the global environment nor the high levels
of global inequity’.
Your Career and Sustainable Development
[PDF file, 173KB] (December)
SGR briefing by Dr Phil Webber as part of the 'Thinking
About an Ethical Career in Science and Technology' series.
Stormy Times for Climate Research
(November)
Clare Goodess explains the circumstances behind the resignation of half of the
editorial board of the journal Climate Research (from SGR
Newsletter 28, PDF file, 533 KB)
Tackling Climate Change -
the Role of the Engineer (September)
Edited version of a paper given by Dr Stuart Parkinson at UK Women's Engineering
Society annual conference, 'Proper Practice: Professionalism and Ethics in Engineering
and Science'
Energy Briefing Paper by Architects and
Engineers for Social Responsibility [PDF
file, 851KB] (September)
Our present production and consumption of energy is unsustainable. Although
the Government Energy White Paper sets out quite challenging aspirations for
reducing greenhouse gases, it is woefully complacent on issues of the energy
security and its geo-political implications. This briefing looks at some of
these issues in more depth.
Does anybody remember the
Nuclear Winter? (July)
Stuart Parkinson looks into why the climatic disaster which would follow a potential
nuclear war has been forgotten (from SGR Newsletter
27, PDF file, 324 KB)
Personal Transport Briefing Paper by Architects
and Engineers for Social Responsibility [PDF
file, 1.74MB] (April)
This paper attempts to show how significant traffic reduction is possible in
the short-medium term and how the long-term elimination of car dependency for
much of the urban population is a realistic proposition.
Career Choice and Climate Change [PDF
file, 103KB] (March)
SGR briefing by Dr Stuart Parkinson as part of the 'Thinking
About an Ethical Career in Science and Technology' series.
Cleaner Technologies: A Positive Choice
[PDF file, 192KB] (March)
SGR briefing by Dr Tim Foxon as part of the 'Thinking
About an Ethical Career in Science and Technology' series.
SGR Response to Government's Energy Policy Review [PDF file, 73KB] (September)
Myth of Chernobyl Suffering Exposed?
(March)
Article by Dr Phil Webber from SGR newsletter
24 [PDF file, 322KB]
Could Terrorists Turn the
UK into a Nuclear Wasteland? (November)
SGR statement on the terrorist threat to nuclear facilities issued in the wake
of the September 11th attacks
So What Did Happen at the
Climate Negotiations? (February)
Article by Dr Stuart Parkinson from SGR Newsletter
NL22 [PDF file, 203KB]
SGR Position statement on Kyoto
Mechanisms (October)
This was accompanied by a press release
SGR Newsletter NL20: Special Issue on Climate Change [PDF File, 232KB] (Spring)
Clean Development Mechanism - Opportunity
or Loophole? (Spring)
Article by Dr Stuart Parkinson from SGR newsletter 20 (see above)
SGR Newsletter NL19: Special Issue on Nuclear Issues [PDF file, 226KB] (Summer)
SGR Reply to Government consultation on UK Climate Change Strategy (February)
The Kyoto Protocol - What the world agreed
to do about climate change (at least for now!) (March)
Article by Dr Stuart Parkinson from SGR Newsletter NL17
SGR Position statement on Climate Change (November)
The Climate Train to Kyoto
(1997-1998)
SGR's main activity during this period was to co-ordinate the group of scientists
and activists who travelled over land and sea from Europe to the UN Climate
Convention negotiations in Kyoto during November/December 1997. Afterwards,
a report was produced on the
journey and the issues surrounding it. The project spawned a web-page 'Flying
off to a Warmer Climate' which analyses the impact of flying on climate
and allows readers to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions per passenger for
any flight.
Climate Engineering: A critical
review of proposals, their scientific and political context, and possible impacts
(November)
This paper by Ben Matthews discusses large-scale "technical fixes" proposed
for offsetting global warming, such as fertilisation of ocean algae, reflection
of sunlight with stratospheric dust, or pumping liquid CO2
into the deep oceans. The paper considers the possible impact both on climatic
feedback processes, and also on climate science and climate politics. It concludes
by asking whether it is wise to continue such research.
Climate Change: The Inter/Intra-National
Politics of Contraction and Convergence (November)
SGR Conference presentation by Aubrey Meyer, Global Commons Institute
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