Category Archives: Environment, society, politics and economics
Who and what is bigger than how.
Sometimes you see an argument that communist or socialist approaches to environmental protection are doomed to fail. They say: “Just look at what happened in the Soviet Union.” Then a communist might say: “Well, they did it wrong in that … Continue reading
Lobbying in perspective
From Reuters: “Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government wants to water down draft car emissions legislation agreed in June by introducing the phase-in period, under a proposal circulated by German diplomats and seen by Reuters. Renault and PSA Peugeot Citroen have broken … Continue reading
Lots of leadership but not from the top
Sometimes we are disappointed in the lack of leadership on climate matters by political leaders. The former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan talked of that lack of leadership on climate change as “inexcusable” and “shocking”. He was referring to the leaders … Continue reading
Policy goal: love nature
A comprehensive climate change policy requires, as well as carbon pricing and R&D, measures to enhance our love of nature. An economist will splutter in his coffee at this. But if we love and nurture nature and abhor the idea … Continue reading
Climate asymptotery
In maths I learnt that an asymptote is a line which gets closer and closer to another line but never actually reaches it. This is happening with climate change science. The fourth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … Continue reading