Category Archives: UNFCCC

The need for positive action

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Rick Altman

I often used to tell people, “If you can’t say anything positive then don’t say anything at all!”. When it comes to this blog, however, I have repeatedly failed to take my own advice. I therefore think I may have … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Climategate, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged Climategate, Copenhagen, G20, G7, G8, Kevin Rudd | 6 Comments

Peak carbon by 2025 or mass extinction of species

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Rick Altman

I have been looking back at some of my earliest posts on this blog; and have decided that now would be a good time to pull together some of the key points I have highlighted over the years – regarding … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Denial, Environment, Fossil Fuels, IPCC, Mass Extinctions, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged Anthropogenic Climate Disruption, Environmental Change Institute, IIED, IPCC, Myles Allen, Nature, Oxford University, reality | 11 Comments

Now is no time for climate change scepticism

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Rick Altman

This graph, as compiled by Dr Ed Hawkins (Reading University/Met Office), featured in an article by Damian Carrington, on the Guardian website yesterday, which highlighted the fact that: 2014 will be the warmest year in Central England for over 300 … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment, Growthmania, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, COP 20, Ed Hawkins, Guardian, Herman Daly, Met Office, NASA, reality, Writing on the wall | 8 Comments

It’s official – Arctic 30 protestors are not pirates

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Rick Altman

As Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director of Greenpeace International has said, this is an historic event. The actions of the Russian government two months ago – and the continuing failure of the UNFCCC to agree action to mitigate climate change … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Environment, Greenpeace, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged Arctic 30, Arctic Sunrise, Gazprom, Greenpeace, International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, Kumi Naidoo, Russia, Shell | 9 Comments

How many more must die because of climate change denial?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Rick Altman

Warmer oceans cause more evaporation; leading to more moisture in the atmosphere more of the time. This results in more frequent storms of greater intensity than before. This email from Greenpeace therefore needs no further introduction from me: ————————— Dear … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Greenpeace, Intergenerational Injustice, UNFCCC | Tagged Greenpeace, mortality, Philippines, Super Typhoon Haiyan | 8 Comments

Views of Doha

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rick Altman

The 18th Conference of the Parties (COP18) to the UN’s Framework Convention on climate Change (UNFCCC), ended in Doha (Qatar) last weekend. Sadly, this event was not considered newsworthy in the mainstream media in the UK. Irrespective of the outcome … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Economics, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace, Intergenerational Injustice, Mass Extinctions, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Clive Hamilton, COP18, Doha, Greenpeace, History, Requiem for a Species, William Ophuls | 11 Comments

Can we stop talking about AGW now?

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Rick Altman

AGW = Anthropogenic Global Warming. But, let’s be honest! It just isn’t that simple, is it? Here in the UK, the weather is literally unbelievable. 100mm of rain falling in one day. At the end of June. It’s ridiculous. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Denial, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, Growthmania, Intergenerational Injustice, Limits to Growth, Politics, Sustainable development, UNFCCC | Tagged George Monbiot, reality, Rio Plus 20 summit | 3 Comments