We could have strategic, coordinated, transformative "state-led electrification for energy sovereignty", and a life-improving "green social bargain".
"The experience of successful developmental states—from the East Asian tigers to contemporary China—teaches us that transformative industrial policy delivers where it is accompanied by coercive credit policy, where the state steers transformative investment through credit and equity flows."
"There is no doubt that countries can afford free green public mobility. Crushed by fossil fuel shortages far worse than anything Europe has had to deal with so far, the government of Pakistan has announced free public transit by bus, as has Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam."
Excerpt from Daniela Gabor and Benjamin Braun's article in Phenomenal World: 'Against Carbon Shock Therapy: Building a toolkit for decarbonized sovereignty': https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/against-carbon-shock-therapy/
#freeTransit #freeTransport #credit #climatePolicy #greenTransition #finance #energy
New York is revising its climate goals to balance carbon cuts with affordability. #climatepolicy
When New York passed its first major climate law in 2019, climate advocates hailed the work as a milestone: The Empire State vowed to cut its carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, as compared to their 1990 levels, giving it some of the world’s most ambitious subnational climate policy. But last week, Gov...
Election season everywhere.
Politicians promise "green jobs", "net zero", "sustainable future".
Then approve a new oil field three weeks later.
The gap between speech and action is getting embarrassing.
At some point, voters will remember.
Maybe this time.
#ClimatePolicy #GreenWashing #Accountability #ElectionSeason
"Most... models that inform international policy don’t consider this feedback loop at all. The IPCC treats melting as a fixed, rather than interactive input."
https://today.umd.edu/umd-led-study-points-to-hidden-accelerant-in-antarctic-ice-loss
#climatePolicy #feedback #IPCC #models #scenarios #modeling #modelling
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