personal carbon rationing
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See Personal carbon rationing for more information. While climate change races up the political agenda, governments are failing to offer bold solutions to the looming threat of global warming. Meanwhile, economists and environmentalists have begun to consolidate around the concept of personal carbon rationing, a simple framework which shares the right to pollute among the global population and uses market forces to promote low-carbon living. This presentation outlines the arguments for and against carbon rationing, examines the alternative economic proposals and imagines the changes we would have to make in order to live within our rations.TRANSCRIPT
personal carbon rationinga practical approach to
climate change
The Wychwood Network Lectures
the scientist, the politician
and the economist
scepticism is nutty:600 scientists
113 governments928 papers
lord rees,president of the
royal society
positive feedbacksouthern ocean
permafrostalbedo
in our lifetimes:floods
droughtfood deficit
mass migrations
alice’s lifetime:95% of all life
peak oil
peak oil scenarios
what about china?
my son lives in sydney
what can i do?
contraction and convergence
three steps:1. agree a level 2. share it out
3. trade any surplus
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1860 2000 2140
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Rest of WorldINDIACHINAAnnex 1 (non-OECD)OECD minus USAUNITED STATES
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USA Per CapitaOECD minus USA Per CapitaAnnex 1 (non-OECD) Per CapitaCHINA Per CapitaINDIA Per CapitaRest of World Per Capita
GLOBAL CO2 "CONTRACTION" for 450 ppmv with6 Region linear "CONVERGENCE" to Equal Per Capita by 2030
and population projections frozen from 2030Source: GCI
alternatives:taxation
kyoto kyoto2
case study:two adults
two childrentwo cars
rural semi
case study:heating
electricitycommuting
holidays
tomorrow:carbonrationing.org.ukthecarbonaccount.com
sources:george monbiot
mayer hillmanmark lynasroger levett
robert henson
personal carbon rationinga practical approach to
climate change
The Wychwood Network Lectures