The main path towards emissions reductions are hard and fast rules that forbid certain kinds of productive processes. The carbon tax is preferable as a policy tool to an extremely easily gamable emissions market on the one hand, and offsetting which is just a post modern form of selling indulgences. But for most areas we need rules and no price because whenever you have a price, it hits the poorest hardest.
This week's podcast is from our friends at Intelligence Squared Germany who hosted a live debate in Berlin last week on whether the EU's 'Green Deal', a plan to deliver both economic growth and carbon neutrality, is really achievable. The debate was held in partnership with The European Council on Foreign Relations and featured Franziska Brantner of the German Green Party taking on renowned climate activist Dr. Tadzio Müller. It was hosted by BBC journalist Damien McGuinness.
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