Environment
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Join us in the Discussion Lounge
Sep 21, 2021 | 12:30—01:00
Please join us for networking before the start of each day.
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What Must Be Done to Avert Climate Catastrophe?
Sep 21, 2021 | 01:00—02:00
Are existing institutions up to the task? Is the nation-state an obstacle, and if so how do we overcome it? What would alternatives look like, and how would we realize them?
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Climate Economics: Can the Dismal Science Lead Us to A Bright Future?
Sep 21, 2021 | 12:00—01:00
What, if anything, can economics contribute to addressing the climate crisis? What role can or should markets and incentives play, and how?
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Join us in the Discussion Lounge
Sep 21, 2021 | 03:00—03:30
Please join us for discussions at the end of each day.
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INET Live | Climate Debates
ConferenceSeptember 21, 2021 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET & September 22, 2021 9:00am - 12:00pm ET
Sep 21–22, 2021
Scientists have been sounding the alarm for decades about the severe global impact that rising temperatures will have on the environment, economies, health outcomes, and ultimately humanity’s long-term survival. Yet little has been done.
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Who Can Save Us From Jeff Bezos and Silicon Valley’s Planetary Death Wish?
Jul 30, 2021
The work of feminist thinkers helps illuminate why billionaires seek to solve problems on Earth by blasting into space.
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The One-Earth Balance Sheet
Jul 23, 2021
Getting the whole spectrum of governments, academia and civil society to track “natural capital” would help create shared efforts toward solving shared problems like the climate crisis.
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Carbon Taxes: A Good Idea But Can They Be Effective?
Jun 28, 2021
A global carbon tax alone will not be enough to significantly reduce CO2 emissions
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Why Carbon Pricing and Electric Vehicles Won't Avert Climate Crisis
May 13, 2021
Lance Taylor’s New INET Paper
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Carbon Pricing Isn’t Effective at Reducing CO2 Emissions
May 10, 2021
And electric vehicles don’t do a lot better
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Meet the "New Koch Brothers" – the Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America’s Green New Deal
Mar 4, 2021
Wealthy predators are playing stock market games with companies needed to develop and produce clean technology
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To Fight Climate Change, Save Energy and Reduce Inequality
Feb 22, 2021
The IPCC was correct in emphasizing the need for early mitigation, but their analysis of possible growth trajectories appears to be faulty.
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Changing the Conversation on the Climate Emergency
Feb 22, 2021
David Fenton, the founder of the progressive PR firm Fenton Communications, takes a close look at what needs to be done to improve how we talk about the climate emergency so that everyone listens and acts accordingly
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The Promise and Limits of Carbon Pricing
Nov 24, 2020
Carbon pricing still has the potential to be a powerful tool contributing to emissions reductions, but it is clearly no panacea.
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Working Paper Series
Carbon Pricing and the Elasticity of CO2 Emissions
Nov 2020
Carbon pricing still has the potential to be a powerful tool contributing to emissions reductions, but it is clearly no panacea.