Why the cost of mitigating climate change can't be boiled down to one right number, despite some economists' best attempts
Human behaviors shift. Policies change. New technology arrives and evolves. All those changes and more are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs.
Matthew E. Kahn, Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences •
conversation
Feb. 22, 2022 • ~8 min
Feb. 22, 2022 • ~8 min
Here's how far people want the government to limit their freedoms for the sake of the planet -- new research
Research shows people want government to restrict excess consumption through regulations, not just to rely on citizens to make better choices.
Noel Flay Cass, Research Fellow in Energy Demand Behaviour, University of Leeds •
conversation
Feb. 17, 2022 • ~8 min
Feb. 17, 2022 • ~8 min
GDP ignores the environment: why it's time for a more sustainable growth metric
Radical new thinking is required to fight climate change, and ‘gross ecosystem product’ might help.
Stephen Onakuse, Senior Lecturer, Department of Food Business and Development, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Livelihoods, University College Cork •
conversation
Dec. 13, 2021 • ~6 min
Dec. 13, 2021 • ~6 min
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