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The Rights and Wrongs of Requiring Greening
In the world of the Kyoto Protocol and International Emissions Trading, where did Greening come from? Probably from morally indignant NGOs putting pressure on western bureaucrats. For some reason, early on, people decided that “Hot Air” was politically unacceptable and … Continue reading
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Design of Green Investment Schemes
The third leg of Kyoto’s flexible mechanisms, International Emission Trading – buying and selling of Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) – is starting to lumber into action. Ominously, apart from the stool, three legged creatures rarely make it. What will give … Continue reading
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Some observations on individual, corporate and political attitudes to environmental problems
On a flight a few weeks ago, we had just taken off and were still at 45 degrees when an American girl next to me called to the steward for a glass of water. She was very thirsty. So the … Continue reading