Author: Robert Hoffman, Ottawa. Many issues of public policy involve the establishment of a balance between long term societal interests and short-term individual or private interests. This is clearly the […]
What is the Silver Bullet for Climate Change – Going Carbon Neutral or Degrowth?
Author: Bill Pugsley, Ottawa. Today we review a challenge to the conventional answer to the mitigation of climate change by a shift to a green economy with renewable energy instead […]
A Cybernetic Approach to Economics
Author: Robert Hoffman, Ottawa. Since the meltdown of the global financial system in 2008 triggered by the sub-prime mortgage bubble in the United States, there is an emerging consensus, even […]
Can Simulation Modelling Steer Us Toward Sustainability?
Author: Bill Pugsley, Ottawa. Models simulating the ways that people interact with the natural world and themselves have long been used to create scenarios that allow environmental and economic policies […]
The Role of Targets in Public Policy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada
Author: Robert Hoffman, Ottawa (written Jan. 11, 2007) Target setting is an important component of the policy response to the issue of climate change and the urgent need to reduce […]
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