“We must go further. We must strive for more,” she said during her candidate speech at the European Parliament. “I want Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent in the…
Category: Climate Economics
FT: Big Fund Managers are Demanding Climate Action. But the USA is Leading a Pushback
Big fund managers like Blackrock and BNP Paribas are supporting shareholder climate resolutions, demanding big companies demonstrate their commitment to Paris Climate Agreement goals. But President Trump is supporting a…
Democrats climate policy follows Germany’s failed plan
Higher energy costs for Americans are eminent along with worldwide ecological degradation and human right abuses from mining for wind, solar, and EV materials
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Public backlash will intensify from growing outrage over child labor, near-slave labor, and minimal to nonexistent worker health and safety, pollution control and environmental reclamation regulations in foreign countries where…
Vatican: Small Scale Climate Cooperatives “people-centred, not capital-centred … distribute wealth in a fairer way”
Vatican News presenting Pope Francis’ support for the UN Secretary General’s vision of a global future of sustainable local cooperatives which eliminate the unfairness of Capitalism
Guardian: “Rapid transformation needed, … particularly in lifestyles of rich” to Solve Climate Change
Former Deputy and Interim Director of the Tyndall Centre Professor Kevin Anderson has accused his fellow academics of compromising their scientific integrity to present climate mitigation proposals they think will…
The IEA’s Sustainable Recovery Plan Is Not Sustainable
Governments of the world, take note. The International Energy Agency has a plan for you. If you take the sagely advice of the IEA’s technocrats, you will do your citizens…
To Solve Climate Change: “stringent eco-taxes …, wealth redistribution … a maximum income, a guaranteed basic income … reduced working hours”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Dr. Willie Soon, Climate Depot; Sustainability scientists from the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, ETH Zürich and University of Leeds in…
When ‘Social Justice’ Comes to Investing
Reposted from The PIPELINE Clarice Feldman • 20 Jun, 2020 • 6 Min Read ESG, anybody? Trillions of dollars sit in private trusts, pension and retirement accounts, and charitable endowments,…
Borrowed time: Climate change threatens U.S. mortgage market
From Politico “Everyone is exposed” as taxpayer-backed loans and insurance face a coming storm. By ZACK COLMAN and KATY O’DONNELL 06/08/2020 04:30 AM EDT U.S. taxpayers could be on the…
Study: Integrating satellite and socioeconomic data to improve climate change policy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News BureauShare Print E-Mail CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Bangladesh is on track to lose all of its forestland in the next 35-40 years, leading to a rise in…
Prioritizing climate over pandemics
We need a full accounting of what was spent preparing for the ‘climate crisis’ versus COVID Paul Driessen As of May 20, the United States had more than 1.5 million…
GWPF Webinar: The Net Zero Threat to Economic Recovery
Joining the GWPF’s Harry Wilkinson are Rupert Darwall, Dr John Constable and Lord Lilley. — In what now seems like a different era, the EU and a few other governments…
Excess costs of UK Weather Dependent Renewable Energy: 2020
Reposted from edmhdotme Summary These straightforward calculations are intended to answer the simple question: “roughly how much would it cost to generate the same amount of power as is produced…
Climate Change and Capitalism
From munkdebates.com Be it resolved: ending climate change requires the end of capitalism as we know it Guests: George MonbiotAndrew McAfee About this episode The UN deadline of achieving net…
Covid-19 and Climate Change: Asia’s Policy Choices in the Age of ‘Crisis’
Guest repost from Forbes by Tilak Doshi The Asian continent spans a vast geographical area. The novel coronavirus emerged in the eastern part – Wuhan, China – and quickly spread…
Rupert Darwall: Growth Will Be A Thing Of The Past If Businesses Choose ‘Net Zero’
From The GWPF Date: 07/03/20 Rupert Darwall, The Hill Investors more obsessed with climate than investor returns, who bully corporations into adopting net-zero business strategies, are doing more than destroying…
Time Magazine: The EU Could Force the USA to Act on Climate Change
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Green fantasies from Time’s Justin Worland. How Europe’s Border Carbon Tax Plan Could Force the U.S. To Act on Climate Change BY JUSTIN WORLAND MARCH 4, 2020…
Cost Of ‘Net Zero’ Will Be Astronomical, New Reports Warn
From The Global Warming Policy Foundation Date: 24/02/20 Press Release, Global Warming Policy Foundation Price will top £100,000 per household The cost of reaching the government’s “Net Zero” target will…
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