Issues: Climate change and energy

Climate change and energy

SGR produces a range of outputs on the issue of 'Climate change and energy'. This covers climate change science, technological and policy responses to climate change, energy supply technologies (especially renewable energy and nuclear power), energy use and energy efficiency (including in transport and buildings), and related policy and lifestyle issues.

UK Climate Change Strategy: SGR response (Feb 1999)

SGR Response to a UK government consultation, February 1999
 

The Climate Train to Kyoto

Report by Ben Matthews and Michelle Valentine on the SGR-led project 'The Climate Train to Kyoto', September 1998

The report documents the journey by train and boat by a group of scientists and environmental campaigners from Europe to the UN climate negotiations in Kyoto November - December 1997
 

The Kyoto Protocol - What the world agreed to do about climate change (at least for now!)

Article by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, from SGR Newletter 17, March 1998
 

SGR Position Statement on Climate Change 1997

November 1997
 

Climate Change: The Inter/Intra-National Politics of Contraction and Convergence

Presentation by Aubrey Meyer, Global Commons Institute at SGR conference, November 1996
 

Climate Engineering: A critical review of proposals, their scientific and political context, and possible impacts

Article by Ben Matthews, SGR, November 1996

This in-depth article 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.