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		<title>China Central TV &#8211; Is our cold snap abnormal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The very cold weather we have recently been experiencing across parts of the UK and Europe raises the question if this is normal, or if it is in fact part of a wider pattern of changing climate.

 
Dr Patrick McSharry was interviewed on China Central TV on this issue and commented: “We expect cold conditions at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/china-central-tv-is-our-cold-snap-abnormal/</link>
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		<title>Should we be worried about depletion of the Earth&#8217;s mineral resources?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday 6 March 2012; 4pm.
The Smith School is delighted to welcome Professor Dr Alex Bradshaw (Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching/Greifswald, Germany and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany), who will be giving a talk in March 2012 on the depletion of the Earth&#8217;s mineral resources.



Seminar Summary:  Several times during the 20th century scientists and economists have expressed concern about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Law Discussion Group 2012</title>
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This year&#8217;s Environmental Law Discussion Group series, co-hosted by the Faculty of Law, will take place across both Hilary and Trinity terms 2012. The first seminar will take place on Tuesday 28 February 2012.
Please rsvp to dhvani.mehta [at] magd.ox.ac.uk if you would like to attend.
All seminars will be held at SSEE, Hayes House, 75 George Street, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/environmental-law-discussion-group-2012/</link>
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		<title>Smith School Fellow wins Chartered Management Institute Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr Mick Blowfield, Research Fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, has won the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Management Book of the Year award with co-author Alan Murray.
Corporate Responsibility was up against competition in the Management and Leadership Textbook category of the competition and was shortlisted from a collection of over 250 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/smith-school-fellow-wins-chartered-management-institute-award/</link>
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		<title>World oil reserves are now beyond tipping point</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Sir David King has published an analysis of the oil market in Nature this week with Professor James Murray of the University of Washington, which demonstrates that since 2005 oil supply has reached a ceiling of economically affordable rates.
The resulting unheralded oil price spikes, ranging between $40 and $140 per barrel, act as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/world-oil-reserves-are-now-beyond-tipping-point/</link>
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		<title>Gas-to-liquid technology – A solid alternative to oil-derived transport fuels?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With 90% of transport fuels being oil-derived, uncertainty around depletion levels of conventional oil reserves combined with rising car ownership and climate change concerns, there remains a mammoth challenge to transform our oil-dependent transport industry.
Writing in the journal &#8211; Oxford Energy Forum, Tara Shirvani and Dr Oliver Inderwildi explore the interest in synthetic fuel production [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/gas-to-liquid-technology-%e2%80%93-a-solid-alternative-to-oil-derived-transport-fuels/</link>
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		<title>Do the UK’s high carbon investments pose a threat to economic security?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In collaboration with 20 leading experts, investors, NGOs and universities, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment has contributed to an open letter to the Bank of England urging the Governor, Sir Mervyn King, to investigate how Britain’s exposure to polluting and environmentally damaging investments might pose a systemic risk to the UK financial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/do-the-uk%e2%80%99s-high-carbon-investments-pose-a-threat-to-economic-security/</link>
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		<title>Smith in the City Evening Seminar Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and UBS are delighted to announce the launch of the &#8220;Smith in the City&#8221; evening seminar series.
The series will profile leading thinkers from around the globe looking at some of the major issues and challenges facing the world&#8217;s economies and people.
The series launches on Wednesday 22nd February, 2012, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/smith-in-the-city-evening-seminar-series/</link>
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		<title>Tell us what you think in our online consultation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In spring 2012 the Smith School will publish a report that focuses on developing a pathway for how the UK can and must maximise its nuclear assets and opportunities, and produce a holistic approach to nuclear power for 2050 and beyond.  
Our formal consultation period is now closed, however more information on the consultation can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/tell-us-what-you-think-in-our-online-consultation/</link>
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		<title>Could the &#8216;Green Deal&#8217; create a new ‘bubble’?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sam Arie, Visiting Fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, has looked at the Green Deal and outlines his concerns about the new scheme in which households will be encouraged to borrow money on easy terms to finance energy saving home improvements.
Writing in The Ecologist, Arie suggests that the Green Deal will create [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/could-the-green-deal-create-a-new-%e2%80%98bubble%e2%80%99/</link>
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