1. Listening to #BBCInsideScience with @AdamRutherford my colleague @clequere noted the UK had cut its CO2 by over 40% since 1990. However, include CO2 from aviation & shipping, along with our imports & exports & the UK's cut in its total carbon emissions is much nearer 10%.
@AdamRutherford @clequere 2. Much to this 10% cut is due to the banking crisis/recession along with coal closures driven by the EU's sulphur directive. Certainly the carbon price has had some impact along with renewable polices, but only at the margins. #BBCInsideScience @adamrutherfod @clequere
3. Full national carbon accounting sees the EU’s climate ‘progressive’ nations of France, Sweden &Denmark deliver almost no cut in CO2 since 1990. Still worse,several EU nations have presided over v.significant increases. As yet there are no good examples amongst wealthy nations.
4. Full rather than partial accounting makes clear that delivering on Paris will require urgent & profound changes to the lifestyles of hi-CO2 emitters, as well as the rapid transformation to a fully decarbonised energy demand & supply system. @AdamRutherford #BBCinsidescience
