The context behind this article is the climate crisis, the dangers of climate tipping points and the breaching of planetary boundaries, which…
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As nations consider reducing their industries’ CO2 emissions by imposing taxes or giving subsidies, they worry about cheap imports from countries that…
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Day 1: how will the Carbon Currency work?
From the first second after midnight on day one of the carbon currency, every purchase and sale nationwide will involve carbon tokens…
A radical problem needs a radical solution A debate on the future of our societies and the fight against global warming is…
Why are we in a climate emergency? One reason is because the numbers don’t add up. These are the Doomsday numbers: the…
I always told myself I should leave the world a better place than I found it. So do a lot of people,…
The BBC started this train of thought about a carbon currency recently with an article describing how the world’s wealthiest are at…
I recently put some savings into bonds using the UK’s Abundance platform which offers various methods of sustainable investment. At that point,…
Compte Carbone is a French NGO that promotes carbon quota or rationing frameworks as the preferential climate policy over regulatory or taxation…
The drop in passenger numbers on trains due to COVID-19 is boosting UK low carbon freight – they’re running 10% longer trains,…
Hugh Archibald White was born and brought up in Calgary, Canada in the 1940s and 50s. He gave me a run-down on…
Dr. Bremley W.B. Lyngdoh is Director Microfinance & Ecorestoration of Earthbanc, which enables smallholders to plant mangroves and build sustainable livelihoods by…
In the USA, the UK and the countries of western Europe, about 80% of adults own a car. These must all become…
The flywheel, feature of every Industrial Revolution museum, could save the electricity grid with its energy storage capabilities. If you’re not an…
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Heavy Industry CO2 Emissions
BBC Futures ran an article on carbon capture from aluminium smelting in Iceland. Heavy industry CO2 emissions make for a heavy carbon…
In 2017 the Finnish city of Lahti declared they would become carbon-neutral by 2025. Now they must get each citizen to reduce…
There are two big “Green New Deals” on the table: the US Democrats want one and are planning to bring it in…
Personal Carbon Trading or PCT is a mechanism for increasing flexibility and efficiency in a carbon allowance or cap-and-trade scheme. It is…
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Clear Blue Skies in Lockdown
The last time so few planes were in the air was in the 3 days following the 9/11 attacks. Air traffic over…
Photo by Jack Bassingthwaighte on Unsplash The unprecedented Australian bushfires in 2020 followed the lost 2019 ‘Unloseable Climate Election’ As we enter…
Our personal CO2 emissions might be produced anywhere in the world, with the modern world’s globalised supply chains. Contraction and Convergence (of…
Prof Steve Keen gave his endorsement to TCR, saying ‘Total Carbon Rationing should replace attempts to set a carbon price. We roughly…