Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Personal carbon allowances revisited

When fanatic scientists argue for totalitarian dictatorship to satisfy demagoguery and ideology of the Global Warming hoax and Climate Change religion! This was published in the prestigious Nature journal!

The authors of this paper are affiliated with: KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden); Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford; School of Sustainability (Israel); Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London 

From the abstract:
"Here we discuss how personal carbon allowances (PCAs) could play a role in achieving ambitious climate mitigation targets. We argue that recent advances in AI for sustainable development, together with the need for a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, open a new window of opportunity for PCAs. Furthermore, we present design principles based on the Sustainable Development Goals for the future adoption of PCAs. We conclude that PCAs could be trialled in selected climate-conscious technologically advanced countries, mindful of potential issues around integration into the current policy mix, privacy concerns and distributional impacts."

From the body:
"... In this context, the introduction of personal carbon allowances (PCAs), a mitigation policy proposal developed in the 1990s, is ripe for revisitation. This policy aims to link personal action with global carbon reduction goals. A PCA scheme would entail all adults receiving an equal, tradable carbon allowance that reduces over time in line with national targets. In its original design, the allowance could cover around 40% of energy-related carbon emissions in high-income countries, encompassing individuals’ carbon emissions relating to travel, space heating, water heating and electricity. Allowances were envisioned to be deducted from the personal budget with every payment for transport fuel, home-heating fuels and electricity bills. People in shortage would be able to purchase additional units in the personal carbon market from those with excess to sell. New, more ambitious PCA proposals include economy-wide emissions, encompassing food, services and consumption-related carbon emissions, for example. ..."

Personal carbon allowances revisited | Nature Sustainability (open access)

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