In the Shift

It’s the festive season and rather than pretend there’s time between parties and pantos to write anything remotely insightful, I thought I’d scribble a few of my favourite blogs and posts this year.  In no particular order, they are:

Dan Bodansky‘s letter from the Barcelona Climate Change Talks that preceded COP-15.  This and blogs such as BBC journalist Richard Black‘s blog from Copenhagen (I especially liked Day 4) show the complexity of the negotiations and why they are such under-achievers.

Duncan Green of Oxfam’s From Power to Poverty blog is always interesting on sustainability issues in developing countries (even if there’s a bit too much linking to George Monbiot for my liking).

C-Questor I like because it is a well maintained up-to-date source on developments in the climate change arena.  No whistles and bells, but reliable.

Richard Pielke uses his blog to set out his ideas. He has got caught up in the climate change fact or fiction debate recently.  What he says is that we need to do some serious thinking about what we invest in tackling climate change.  What he doesn’t say is the science is in dispute.

The BusinessGreen blog is one of a not very large number of blogs that have a particular focus on business and sustainability. It is targeted at the private sector, and promises useful advice on tackling climate change.  A bit more academic but hoping to reach a similar audience is David Levy’s Climate Inc. which has some interesting posts on sustainable finance, carbon accounting, and carbon markets.

And a couple of my own favourites from past weeks:

Bring Me Your Good Causes in September looked at the contradictory policies government is pursuing, and how they could undermine sustainability efforts. Pensions – Viagra or Poison Pill looked at the train wreck that might happen if we try to pursue decarbonisation at the same time as demanding better performing investments to pay for our old age.

Happy reading and Happy holidays.