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Overstretching the EU ETS
EU ETS can’t do everything – generous leakage provisions are not the way to run industrial policy. The EU wants to stimulate investment in clean technology but at the same time it wants to protect its industry from competition from … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change policy
Tagged carbon pricing, EU ETS, European Commission, leakage, leakage list, political leadership
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Stimulus and response in the EU ETS
We use a carbon tax or an emission trading scheme to stimulate investment in clean technology. The logic of this idea is based on several steps: we charge people for emitting CO2 and as a result some will find ways … Continue reading
Priming as policy: forest schools and nuclear power
It takes five years to educate a child from the age of five to ten. It takes between ten and twenty years to build a nuclear power station in a democracy. We should consider carefully the implications of this in … Continue reading
Prosperity, possessions and flying
In a recent article published in the Guardian, L Hunter Lovins describes how a new narrative might be emerging about the economy. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/oct/10/challenge-narrative-possessions-equal-prosperity In the rich world we are realising that we don’t need possessions to achieve prosperity, happiness and … Continue reading
A simple theory of anger at suffering
I developed a simple model to explain how angry I get at injustices done to wildlife. It might also work for war situations, treatment of minorities etc. It is called the get-angry-about model. The degree of anger I feel about … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, society, politics and economics
Tagged anger, injustice, innocence, suffering, wildlife
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