James Collis
@jamescollis
Chair of Citizens' Climate Europe Member of the EU Climate Change Expert Group for ETS2 Carbon tax nerd: price, rebate & BCA Fast, fair and effective.
This is the one we are focussed on. The EU assessed it was unable to meet its GHG goals without stronger carbon pricing. Politicians with 5 year horizons struggle to act on taxing pollution. It can be done, but it's a tough sell, requiring ongoing political capital and courage.
13/ One of my first tweets when I was still on FaceBook, ironically appropriate as I exit X/Twitter. "Portugal was where my European political advocacy started. I never imagined my first TV appearance would be in a foreign language …”
12/ This repost from Scotland’s Climate Assembly I was blown away by the support for carbon tax and rebates at 77% - we had no input to the assembly! Here’s the full report: webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/202204051353...
10/ Hadn't realised quite how bad waste is. Thanks @janrosenow.bsky.social
8/ Hadn’t seen this one in a while, it’s standing the test of time: @danmiller999.bsky.social (I have one underway comparing using OECD FASTER Principles ... later)
7/ The largest statement in the history of the economics profession is an open letter calling for carbon dividends paid universally to every citizen. just sayin
5/ "A clear majority of the population is in favour of distributing all or part of the revenue from the state CO2 price to households via a so-called climate money." bit.ly/48NBs5h (in German) @klimageld.bsky.social €250 per person per year is the estimated value for klimageld. (Climate money)
4/ I suspect Canada's Carbon pricing is transitioning from Schopenhauer Phase I to Phase II. 😎 (2 min read) ecofiscal.ca/2024/03/26/o...