As a theme for this week, I would suggest “Policy proposals for limiting carbon emissions”. We discussed some of these in class on Friday, but in a quite abstract, mathematical way – how they could work in an “ideal world”. But how about in the real world? What ideas are being tried, how might they work in practice, how successful are they?
Here are some possible readings and references on this issue
- Cap and trade: US EPA site: http://www.epa.gov/captrade/
- Cap and trade: EU Emissions Trading Scheme: http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ets/index_en.htm
- History of cap and trade: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/air/the-political-history-of-cap-and-trade-34711212/?no-ist
- Carbon tax: Citizens’ Climate Lobby proposal https://citizensclimatelobby.org/carbon-fee-and-dividend/
- Carbon Tax Center: US advocacy group http://www.carbontax.org/
- History of Australia’s carbon tax: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/opinion/julia-baird-why-tony-abbott-axed-australias-carbon-tax.html
- International negotiations: Kyoto, Copenhagen, and now Paris? http://www.c2es.org/international/2015-agreement
Remember that, as always, the theme above is only a suggestion. You are welcome to post on any relevant topic, including one of the earlier suggested themes. Here is a list of those:
- Blogging Theme for Week 13 (4/12/2015)
- Blogging theme for week 12 (4/5/2015)
- Blogging theme week 11 (3/29/2015)
- Blogging for week 10 (3/22/2015)
- Blogging for Week 9 (3/15/2015)
- Blogging Theme Week 8 (2/28/2015)
- Blogging Theme Week 7 (2/21/2015)
- Blogging Theme Week 5 (2/9/2015)
- Blogging Theme Week 4 (2/1/2015)
- Blogging Theme, week 3 (1/25/2015)