Tagged: 50 by 50

Human stupidity and the NZ election (Heigh ho! Heigh ho!) - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Nov 23, 2011 •

• 50 by 50,
• Climate business,
• Climate politics,
• Climate Science,
• Election 2011,
• ETS,
• Gluckman,
• John Key,
• National,
• Nick Smith,
• NZ Climate Change Centre,
• targets

I’ve been writing about climate science and policy for the last five years, and taking an interest in the subject for far longer, but I’ve seldom read more depressing news than Fiona Harvey’s Guardian article last week — Rich nations ‘give up’ on new climate treaty until 2020. According to Harvey, expectations for the UN [...] … Read More

Routefinding the future: reflecting on the climate futures forum - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Apr 05, 2011 •

• 50 by 50,
• carbon,
• Climate business,
• Climate cranks,
• Climate politics,
• Climate Science,
• Erik Conway,
• extremes,
• Fred Pearce,
• Nick Smith,
• Psychology,
• targets

Two busy days in Te Papa last week, and a lot to think about. The Climate Futures Forum organised by the Climate Change Research Institute at VUW was fascinating and disturbing in equal measure. Fascinating because it’s hard not to be interested when a lot of very smart people are feeding you information, and disturbing [...] … Read More