Seven Reasons to Use Carbon Pricing in Climate Policy

Safe climate policy is affordable—12 reasons

There is a widespread sense that a sufficiently stringent climate mitigation policy, that is, a considerable reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to avoid extreme climate change, will come with very high economic costs for society. This is supported by many cost–benefit analyses (CBA) and policy cost assessments of climate policy. All of these, nevertheless, are based on debatable assumptions....

Safe Climate Policy is Affordable – 14 Reasons

There is a widespread sentiment that a sufficiently stringent climate policy, i.e. considerable reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to avoid extreme climate change, will go along with tremendous economic costs for society. Various climate cost-benefit analyses and climate policy cost assessments have calculated these costs, but all of them are characterized by debatable assumptions. Moreover,...

Carbon pricing is a health protection policy.

Carbon Dioxide Fertilisation and Climate Change Policy

Ocean carbon sinks and international climate policy

Terrestrial vegetation sinks have entered the Kyoto Protocol as offsets for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, but ocean sinks have escaped attention. Ocean sinks are as unexplored and uncertain as were the terrestrial sinks at the time of negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol. It is not unlikely that certain countries will advocate the inclusion of ocean carbon sinks to reduce their emission ...