Copenhagen disaster forces John Gummer to quit

Posted by on Dec 30, 2009 in climate change, General Election 2010 | 8 comments John Gummer’s decision to stand down at the next general election  did not come as a great surprise to me. Our next parliament must modernise and I believe there will be many changes in the way it works in an attempt to start winning back public trust following the expenses’ scandal. It is time for new blood, and John Gummer leaves after serving Suffolk Coastal for 30 distinguished...
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Copenhagen talks must not stall like Doha

Posted by on Nov 30, 2009 in climate change, Environment | 3 comments I’ve been closely following the Doha trade talks as my MEP Robert Sturdy, who as vice-chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary World Trade Organisation Committee, has played a key role in these negotiations. I know his frustrations only too well as year after year, world leaders fail to reach an agreement. Today we issued another press release voicing concerns that the latest talks this week will...
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Migration figures take a dive

Posted by on Nov 18, 2008 in climate change | 12 comments I remember collecting James from school one Friday afternoon when he was 11 and telling him I was taking him a mystery tour, that we were going somewhere really special. We stopped off at the chippie en route and James was bursting to know where we were heading, especially as it was only a short drive. We ended at the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust in Welney for the floodlit winter feed which...
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Seeking hot ideas on climate change

Posted by on Nov 13, 2008 in climate change | 8 comments It’s not just scientists and world leaders who are trying to tackle the threat of climate change. Financial Times readers – surely some of the brainiest on the planet – are being asked for their creative ideas too. I mentioned before how I am really impressed by Lionel Barber, editor of the pink one, and he is backing the FT Climate Change Challenge to find the world’s...
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When will Al Gore join Obama’s team?

Posted by on Nov 6, 2008 in climate change, updates | 10 comments How long will it be before Al Gore is leading Barack Obama’s climate change programme? The Nobel Peace Prize winner described his frustrations at being unable to persuade the Bush administration to take climate change seriously when I heard him speak in Cambridge. Treehugger has a report of Obama saying he wants Gore as part of his team to address global warming: “I will make a...
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