On 28 June 2010, I shall be part of a panel discussion, hosted by The Royal Society and the Science & Democracy Network, addressing the question: ‘The experimental society: what happens when evidence, uncertainty and politics collide?’ Places are still available.
Audio & Video
Could climate intervention schemes ever work?
(7 June) ‘Climate intervention schemes could be undone by geopolitics’. Read my opinion article posted here at Yale environment 360, which includes a scenario of the year 2028 when the first solar radiation management intervention scheme is sanctioned by the UN Secutiry Council.
What does ‘the science demand’?
(24 May ) Read here at Spiked on-line an interview with Mike Hulme – ‘We must stop saying ‘the science demands …’
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 […]
The IPCC, consensus and science
(April) The IPCC, Consensus and Science. Mike Hulme examines the different meanings attached to the idea of consensus in science and how it is used by the IPCC.
‘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”.
Mike Hulme at the Hay Book Festival
I shall be speaking about my book ‘Why We Disagree About Climate Change’ at The 2010 Guardian Hay Festival on Monday 31 May 2010.
Mike Hulme’s quotes on climate change
(30 January 2010) You can follow my evolving views on the science and politics of climate change by reading these 16 short statements, all of which have appeared in the journal Nature during the period 1997-2010.
IPCC: Cherish, tweak or scrap?
(10 February 2010) Read my opinion commentary in Nature, along with the views of four others, about what needs to happen to the IPCC.
A changing climate for the IPCC
(3 February 2010) Read here on SciDev.net my thoughts about the mini-crisis now afflicting the IPCC.
