Dec 8, 2011
Hey, I’ve Been Cartoon Animated !!
You’ve got to laugh, an animated cartoon of myself and The Guardian’s George Monbiot debating the motion at the Royal Society in London that ‘London’s Climate Policy Should Start in Beijing’. Its unclear whether the cartoonist saw me as a priest or a used-car salesman, perhaps some blend of the two. But here it is.
In summarizing the debate, I argued that China has a long-term economic and industrial policy, not a climate policy per se, whereas the UK has a well-defined climate policy, but not a serious economic policy, even for the short term. What the UK needs, I concluded, was exactly such a policy, perhaps drawing lessons from China. For those who prefer the real thing, a video of the actual debate is available, as below.
For those who like good-old text, the Huffington Post published an article days before the event setting out some my arguments.
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