The climate change debates

(28 May)  ‘The climate change debates’.  The journal Science has commissioned a review essay by philosopher of science Philip Kitcher in which he assesses the arguments put forward in a number of recent books about climate change, including Why We Disagree About Climate Change.  There is an on-line forum to discuss the issues raised, including this comment from […]

Response to Philip Kitcher

(28 May)  In Philip Kitcher’s wide-ranging essay in Science on ‘The Climate Change Debates’ I am struck by two things – which are not very new, but which are very important. First, is how the framing and public discourse around climate change differs between countries: as Kitcher puts it, where ‘societies … are inclined to see […]

A new direction for climate policy

(11 May)  Re-thinking climate change.  I am one of 14 authors of  The Hartwell Paper, published today (and here in Chinese), which outlines a new direction for climate policy following the crash of 2009.  See my editorial in the BBC Green Room, Richard Black’s commentary on it, and also The Economist.  I have published a separate essay […]

‘Heated debate’ – feature article

(30 March)   Read my feature article on the climate change debate in the spring issue of the Royal Society of Arts’ Journal.  “There’s no such thing as right and wrong when it comes to tackling climate change.  That’s why we need to stop looking for scapegoats and engage in honest discussion”.

Reviews of Why We Disagree About Climate Change

Read these reviews of Why We Disagree About Climate Change, by: (26 March) Tim Dieppe of Henderson Global Investors – “It is the best book I have read on climate change.” (4 March) Professor Steve Yearley in The Times Higher – “This is a distinctive and courageous book.” (4 December) Karim Bardeesy from Toronto’s The Globe and […]