Caught by the best carbon catch there is - Unleashed. Find More Stories Caught by the best carbon catch there is Grog's Gamut There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Julia Gillard asked Greg Combet what to do about putting in place a price on carbon. "The problem," he said, "Is you have to explain the system in a simple clear way in which the people will be able to understand. " "So all I need to do is that and all will be well? " "No, if you do that you will be accused of lying because you're not telling the full story. " "So I should tell the full story - including all the intricacies of the timings on when prices will change to an extent great enough to ensure changes in behaviour subject to the cross price elasticity of high carbon emitting products?
" Carbon Price Catch 22. There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Julia Gillard asked Greg Combet what to do about putting in place a price on carbon. “The problem,” he said, “Is you have to explain the system in a simple clear way in which the people will be able to understand.” “So all I need to do is that and all will be well?” “No, if you do that you will be accused of lying because you’re not telling the full story.” “So I should tell the full story – including all the intricacies of the timings on when prices will change to an extent great enough to ensure changes in behaviour subject to the cross price elasticity of high carbon emitting products?” “No if you do that you’ll be accused of not being able to sell the carbon price because you won’t cut through.” “So I should speak in a way that cuts through?” “No because if you do that you’ll be accused of lying because you’re not telling the full story.” "That's some catch, that catch-22," she observed.
"It's the best there is," Greg Combet agreed. Really? Dean Whitebread COP15 Now What? My middle name is Radioactive. When I was 11 years old, I learned that since the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, background radiation on Earth had risen by 500%. The phrase "ecologically unsustainable" entered my life along with the unshakeable feeling that I really should do something about this.
That point in my life marked the beginning of my awareness of the human impact on nature. I used my confirmation in the Anglican church to add my name, making it legal by deed poll as soon as I was 18. When I was fifteen I came across a fact in my biology textbook - each year, industry extracts 20% of the world's available oxygen. So, I supported the ecological cause before the bandwagon, from knowledge and conscience and because it was obviously a good idea. In 1983, I was in the New Contemporaries art exhibition, wallpapering trees, a piece called "Camouflaging Trees from Further Attack" - it was effective, I was on BBC news.
For a second, forget global warming. So now what? A Copenhague, la perspective d'un échec avive les tensions - LeM. The Burning Season - Indonesian fires. State of the Nation. With demonstrators being arrested every day and non-traditional media, plus some mainstream media, being kept out of discussions, the climate change talks in Copenhagen are teetering on the precipice of outright failure.
While some progress has been made, even the arrival of the chiefs of more than 100 governments Friday, including President Barack Obama, seems unlikely to accomplish in less than 24 hours what hasn't been achieved in two weeks of talks or the months of preparation for them. Meanwhile, long-time environmental advocate Bill McKibben revealed in a Daily Kos diary Thursday afternoon, and traditional media subsequently have reported, leaked documents from the United Nations call into serious question governments' claims that they are aiming for carbon dioxide cuts that would hold average global temperatures to a rise of 2°C over the next century.
The document was drafted by the UN secretariat running the Copenhagen summit and is dated 11pm on Tuesday night. C'mon, just 1°?
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