Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Report Urges End to Current Climate Policies

Seems that some are already seeing the failure of cap and tax.  Why would we implement it here? 

The report is published by the London School of Economics’ (LSE) Mackinder Programme and the University of Oxford’s Institute for Science, Innovation & Society.

LSE Mackinder programme director Gwyn Prins said the current system of attempting to cap carbon emissions then allow trading in emissions permits had led to emissions continuing to rise.

He said world proposals to expand carbon trading schemes and channel billions of dollars into clean energy technologies would not work.

“The world has been recarbonising, not decarbonising,” Professor Prins said.

“The evidence is that the Kyoto Protocol and its underlying approach have had and are having no meaningful effect whatsoever.

“Worthwhile policy builds upon what we know works and upon what is feasible rather than trying to deploy never-before implemented policies through complex institutions requiring a hitherto unprecedented and never achieved degree of global political alignment.”

(6) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2157 hrs
Economy + Foreign Affairs + Politics + Politics - General + Technology

  1. Gee…I wonder why the Clinton and Bush Administration, and 96 US Senators, decided to stay as far away from the Kyoto Treaty as possible.  Ahh, the good ol’ days.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 07, 2009 at 2227 hrs


  2. Even Slick Willy knew this was a dud, and Bush was just pilleried for not doing anything about “climate change”

    Like what are we supposed to do? Move the earth further from the sun?

    And we need to pass laws to stop all those martian SUV’s from shrinking the ice caps on Mars. (and Saturn’s is also getting smaller)

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 07, 2009 at 2304 hrs


  3. So much for all that “the debate is over” hooey.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2009 at 0858 hrs


  4. but don’t you all understand? It isn’t warming or cooling anymore, it is climate change…

    Posted by fishaddict on July 08, 2009 at 1059 hrs


  5. That’s what the the climate does…it changes.  Even my children can figure that out.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2009 at 1315 hrs


  6. Hope and (Climate) Change.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2009 at 1702 hrs


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