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Professor Eric Jensen on the threat facing UK mammals

Professor Eric Jensen, expert in public engagement and the environment discusses, the news that one in five UK mammals, including the red squirrel and the wildcat, are at risk of extinction.

Wed 13 Jun 2018, 11:10 | Tags: environment, United Kingdom, Expert comment, Sociology, Wildlife

"Troubling, but unsurprising" - thoughts on Donald Trump's exit of the Paris climate deal

Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris Accord has dismayed many world leaders but the US president argues the accord "punished" the US and would cost millions of American jobs. Dr Eric Jensen, associate professor, Sociology, discusses

Fri 02 Jun 2017, 09:43 | Tags: environment, Academic Staff, United States

Shale gas - why the Government's approach is flawed

Horizontal fracking can go ahead, the government has said, in a landmark ruling for the UK shale gas industry. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has approved plans for fracking at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road site at Little Plumpton in Lancashire. However Thiemo Fetzer, asssistant professor in Economics at the University of Warwick argues that the UK won't benefit as much as hoped.

Thu 06 Oct 2016, 14:42 | Tags: environment, Economics, Academic Staff, engineering, Expert comment

The Paris summit on climate change will decide the fate of the planet - Dr Sam Adelman

"The Paris summit on climate change beginning on 30 November may be the most important international conference in history because it will quite literally decide the fate of the planet" says Dr Sam Adelman Associate Professor of Legal Theory and Comparative Human Rights in the University of Warwick School of Law.

Mon 16 Nov 2015, 15:57 | Tags: environment, Climate change, Expert comment, Law

Drivers need incentives while technology speeds up – Dr Stuart Coles

Dr Stuart Coles is an Assistant Professor in the Materials and Manufacturing theme group of WMG. His main research interests are based around sustainability and the substitution of natural materials into industrial products.

Recently he commented on the Automobile Association (AA) joining green groups in warning that changes in energy policy will harm the climate.

Mon 03 Aug 2015, 15:37 | Tags: environment, Expert comment, technology, WMG

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