INTRODUCTION

The Jersey Climate Forum (JCF) has been established in Jersey to become actively engaged in the following :

To conduct and stimulate open public debate in Jersey about climate change.

To research and share the scientific knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of climate change.

To ensure that the Jersey Government's response to current political calls for Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 passes rigorous scientific and cost-benefit analysis, being ultimately positive for Island taxpayers and residents.

Actions

The JCF will conduct public meetings and strive to bring acknowledged world experts in the field of climate change and energy policy to Jersey to present the scientific and economic facts to the island's population.

The JCF will share publicly available investigative reports relating to the latest scientific information with Jersey residents, including the island's politicians. Information relating to the actions and policy adjustments. Other global jurisdictions will also be monitored and shared.

The JCF aims to participate as one of the island's independent “climate watchdogs” both in the realm of climate science and climate policy and its impact relating to the island.

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News & Events

ENERGY EXPERT VISITED JERSEY FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS

One of the world's leading energy experts visited Jersey on Feb. 8, 2024 to speak at a public meeting and make a presentation to the States members on the best way for the island to develop a comprehensive plan for our future energy needs.

Dr. John Constable's visit was organised by the newly formed Jersey Climate Forum, which has been actively campaigning to review the island's plans to be carbon neutral by 2050 and the proposal that the States support the development by an outside consortium of a wind farm off the island's west coast to be the future supplier of our electricity.

Dr. Constable is the energy director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a group founded by the late Nigel Lawson, one of Britain's most successful Chancellors. He is a regular contributor to Net Zero Watch a charity group set up to highlight the serious economic and social implications of expensive and poorly considered climate and energy policies, both domestically and internationally.

Dr. Constable was educated at Cambridge and took his PhD. there in 1993. He taught as a tenured professor at Kyoto University from 1992- 1999 before returning to Magdalene College, Cambridge, as a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow and then Director of Studies in English Literature before moving into the energy sector as a private consultant.

As well as currently directing the UK environmental charity Renewable Energy Foundation(REF) he is also a special adviser to the Japanese External Trade Organisation and contributes widely to the work of other organisations such as the Global Warming Policy Foundation and Briefings for Britain. He has also appeared before several Parliamentary Select Committees, including the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee and the House of Lords Committee on Economic Affairs. In 2021, he gave evidence before the Industry and Regulators Committee.

He is a regular speaker on climate and energy matters at venues around the world. He gave the Aldworth International Lecture at Minnesota University and at the Global Energy Conference at Kyoto. He delivered a lecture on “Energy, Entropy and the Theory of Wealth” as part of Newcastle University's “Insight” series of public lectures. In 2018 he was the keynote speaker at the “Energy Transitions” conference at the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times “ “Energy Transition” summit.

He is the author of a number of published reports and papers including “Hydrogen- the Once and Future Fuel”( 2020); “The Brink of Darkness- Britain's Fragile Power Grid”(2020); “Energy Intensive Industries- Climate Policy Casualties”(2016); “Energy,Entropy and the Theory of Wealth (2016)”; “Offshore Wind Strike Prices- Behind the headlines (2017)”; “Shortfall, Rebound, Backfire- Can We Rely on Efficiency Policies To Offset Climate Change Policy Costs”( 2012); “Energy Policy and Consumer Hardship”(2011); Europe's Green Experiment- a Costly Failure”.His book “The Vital Spark” was published in 2013.

Dr. Constable was the main speaker at a public meeting at the Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday 8^th February to members of the public with an interest in Jersey's future energy policy, including an analysis of the limitations of wind farms. States members were also invited to a special presentation by Dr. Constable the following morning.

Chairman of the Jersey Climate Forum, Mr. Graeme Phipps, announced the visit by Dr. Constable and said: “This will be a very special opportunity for the Jersey public and our politicians to hear the views of a highly respected energy expert with a worldwide reputation discuss what should be our future energy decisions.”

Jersey Public Debate on Climate and CO2 Initiatives

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vHCg-C90yKc