Wednesday, May 13, 2009

George Monbiot isn’t always entirely wrong

But that’s not to say Monbiot is entirely right.
 
First, his article is notable for what it leaves out. He could have added: Why is the Economic and Social Science Research Council’s Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) chaired by the vice-president of a firm offering carbon-finance products? Or why is the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) chaired by a businessman and green activist?
 
Second, this linear model of research that Monbiot complains about is also remarkably attractive to those at the top of institutional environmentalism.
 
 

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