A column in today’s FT by Giles Keating proposes a scheme similar to the carbon emissions permits marketplace for the buying and selling of rights to drive on Britain’s congested motorways. While the I’m sure many people will find the proposals crazy, I expect they would face less opposition than would nationwide road congestion [...]

This is the first of a series of six videos, the rest are available at Calvin Jones’ YouTube user page.

Most recent studies convince the UN that there is no reversing the effect of existing greenhouse gases on ice sheets and the subsequent rise in sea levels. The IPCC will detail in a report in April, how this will affect coastlines and areas at risk in attempt to prepare countries for the inevitable rise [...]

In game theory, the Prisoners’ Dilemma refers to a game where two prisoners are being interrogated separately by an official, and where they will both be better off if they either they both confess or else if both deny the accusation.  However, if one confesses and the other denies, then the confessor will be worse off than [...]

The EU Parliament commutes each month between Brussels (Belgium) and Strasbourg (France), wasting a phenomenal amount of time and money (~€200m p.a.), not to mention the unfathomable CO2 emissions. Their own emissions reduction demands are surely reason alone to end this.
oneseat.eu, an online petition, explains itself:
This site has been initiated by Cecilia Malmström, member of [...]