climate economics
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Can we shrink our carbon footprints by working less?
Well, this is about capitalism, so of course it's more complicated than that.
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Here’s what everyone gets wrong about the climate report
Climate change already costs you, no data cherrypicking necessary.
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As if U.S. inequality wasn’t bad enough, climate change is making it worse
The economic loss from warming temperatures will be on par with the Great Recession.
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CDM study defending CDM against charges of being a miserable failure is a miserable failure
My last post was a reminder that the Clean Development Mechanism(CDM) remains a miserable failure. The evidence that it does not actually contribute to solving the climate crisis included data that showed that the overwhelming majority of offsets certificates issued and approved by the program are generated by scandal ridden projects, and are widely acknowledged […]
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CDM still a miserable failure
Since there seems to be resurgence of attempts to defend the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offset system, it seems time for a reminder of how badly the idea has failed. The fundamental idea behind CDM is that greenhouse gas polluters in rich nations could continue to release greenhouse gases, but pay polluters in poor nations […]
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Why the right wing fears climate action (and it’s not because they’re crazy)
Conservatives have drummed up unprecedented devotion to climate change denialism by invoking the specter of anti-capitalism, writes Naomi Klein in The Nation, and they're not really wrong. Combating climate change will mean overhauling the free market economy and contracting the corporate sector, and people whose livelihoods depend on big business have a reason to be […]
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Dirty 'hoods: Is your neighborhood bad for the climate?
Even dense urban areas like New York and Toronto harbor enclaves of high per capita emissions -- and they all have one thing in common: wealth.
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Conservatives just as wrong on climate economics as they are on climate science
The media have been taking note of Republicans' denial of climate science, but so far they're ignoring Republicans' denial of climate economics.
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What’s the real cost of not investing in clean energy?
Politicians have not invested in the insurance policy against climate change that we need.