Reducing oil dependence. Strengthening energy security. Creating jobs. Tackling global warming. Addressing air pollution. Improving our health. The United States has many reasons to make the transition to a clean energy economy. What we need is a comprehensive set of smart policies to jump-start this transition without delay and maximize the benefits to our environment […]
Whole systems thinking
Whole systems thinking calls for scepticism about simplistic solutions, willingness to seek connections between problems and events that conventional discourse ignores, and the courage to delve into subject matter that may lie outside our direct expertise and experience. Dr. David C. Korten is a member of the Club of Rome. He is co-chair of the […]
Canadian Fossil Fuel Subsidies – Dec 2020
Jeff Passmore, Director CACOR, comments: Canada averaged US$14.3 billion per year in fossil fuel subsidies between 2017 and 2019, earning it top ranking alongside Saudi Arabia as the two G20 countries with the most generous subsidies for oil and gas production, according a scorecard issued last week by three international think tanks. Canada averaged US$14.3 […]
Solutions – outside energy box
Solutions to the problem of global warming lie outside the energy box: while it is important to “get the prices right”, many of the decisions and behaviours that determine the level and pattern of energy use in society are decisions and behaviours that are not themselves sensitive to energy prices or energy policies; urban planning, […]
Net Zero – not by magic
Overall, the cost [of reaching net zero carbon emissions in the UK] is likely to be much easier and cheaper than previously thought. [It] can be designed in such a way as to quickly improve the lives of millions of people, is surprisingly low cost – it’s cheaper than even we thought last year when we […]