Whether or not carbon pricing can be used as green industrial policy is a question of how carbon pricing is defined, and how it is used in the policy mix. In its traditional narrow sense, carbon pricing is not industrial policy. It is a market mechanism that seeks to address a negative externality by raising […]
Of recent, there has been intensified concern about the impacts of petrochemical plastics on human health, the environment, and climate change. These concerns are mainly based on the persistence of petrochemical plastics in the environment, long-term pollution, and potential endocrine disrupting effects. These can potentially harm wildlife through ingestion and entanglement, contaminating food chains with […]
A good recent example of a transformational change in climate policy is the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed this Act into law on August 16th, 2022. One of the main things the Act seeks to do is invest in domestic energy production, as well as […]
One of the greatest challenges of our time, climate change, is threatening our environment, health, and economy. Climate change has been attributed to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, essentially due to human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation and land use changes. Increase in GHGs leads to increase in global temperature, severe weather patterns, melting […]
The US and Israel waged a costly war on The Islamic Republic of Iran which started on the 28th February 2026 leading to blockade on ship transit route through the strait of Hormuz. It is important to note that almost twenty percent (20%) of global energy supply transit through this vital route. This war came […]
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