Tag Archives: climate change policy

EU ETS reform

Posted on March 26, 2014 by James Atkins

Four main issues are exercising people’s minds in the reform of the EU ETS: the steepness of the target, international competitiveness, overlapping policies and the European Commission’s plan for an intervention mechanism. This is how industry sees itself, labouring up … Continue reading →

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What is (fundamentally) wrong with the 2030 climate and energy package

Posted on January 31, 2014 by James Atkins

Last week the European Commission published its 2030 climate and energy package – a bundle of proposals to set out climate and energy policy between 2020 and 2030.  It was an effort at working a compromise between different political and … Continue reading →

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Kleider machen Leute and the corporate cocoon

Posted on December 30, 2013 by James Atkins

There is a scene in Bertolt Brecht’s play, The Life of Galileo, where the Pope is getting dressed.  While he is still in his underwear he is sympathetically disposed to Galileo; by the time he has his papal robes on, … Continue reading →

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Ten policies to reduce demand for carbon intensive living and policies

Posted on November 27, 2013 by James Atkins

Engender loathing of cars through humiliation of children whose parents drive them to school in an SUV Induce spite for poor insulation by attaching social stigma to people with single glazing   Create a visceral loathing of driving by adding … Continue reading →

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So-whatters, reason and empathy

Posted on November 24, 2013 by James Atkins

One of the worst kind of people are “so-whatters”.  That’s unfair.  “So-whatters” perform an important service to force us to think through what we really mean. A: “Climate change is happening here and now.” B: “So what?” A: “It’s affecting … Continue reading →

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