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Why we need to embrace the 350 target, and go for it

Posted on 13 October 2009 by Peter Boyer

Government climate policies are a road to ruin, according to a UN study. If we want to avoid dangerous climate change we must try to bring CO2 concentrations down to 350 parts per million. [13 October 2009 | Peter Boyer] If … Continue reading →

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Facing the sustainability challenge

Posted on 11 June 2008 by Peter Boyer

The task of reducing carbon emissions is a very tough one, for politicians and the rest of us alike, but it is not an impossible one. We need to put our fears aside and take the plunge into a new way of seeing and doing things. Continue reading →

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That niggling matter of temperature

Posted on 15 April 2008 by Peter Boyer

Amid all the statistical noise, the evidence says that our carbon emissions are causing a general warming of our planet. Continue reading →

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