Tag Archives: EU Emission Trading Scheme

Some limitations in pricing nature

Posted on October 13, 2020 by James Atkins

Nature is complicated and protecting it cannot be reduced to pricing a single species, place or chemical. Even if economists would like it so. In the Netflix film, Social Dilemma, one of the interviewees, Justin Rosenstein, talks of a world … Continue reading →

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Dealing with special ones

Posted on December 26, 2015 by James Atkins

The Bustard has been busy with real work and novel writing, hence its absence. Now right back to climate policy. The special one, Jose Mourinho, is no longer so special, and his second stint at Chelsea came to a sorry … Continue reading →

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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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The aviation industry and climate change

Posted on March 26, 2014 by James Atkins

Here is the aviation industry blasting the hell out of the EU ETS while it ignores a greater danger looming up behind it: climate change.  Increased turbulence will put off customers, more extreme weather events will increase the cost of … Continue reading →

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More on operations, less on investment – a better approach for ETS policy makers

Posted on February 13, 2014 by James Atkins

EU policy makers have wasted a lot of time because of their fixation with investment as opposed to operations.  Sadly the 2030 energy paper does nothing to change this, it just continues the focus on investors. The EU ETS Directive … Continue reading →

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