by Richard Joy and Graham Neale
Light-hearted discussions on the policies, beliefs and ideas shaping the response to the climate crisis.
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April 22, 2025
<p>This episode considers the challenge of transitioning to renewable energy. Rapid adoption of renewables is essential, but many governments appear reluctant to intervene in the energy market. Instead, there appears to be a reliance on free market forces. This strategy appears to be based on a political ideology and an assumption that the profit motive drives innovation and achieves the best outcome for consumers. However, this policy of abdicating responsibility to market forces does not apply to the fossil fuel sector, which receives massive financial support from governments. This discussion unpicks the contradictions and flaws in political strategies that rely on free market forces to drive the transition to renewables.</p>
April 15, 2025
<p class="MsoNormal">The carbon credit industry is integral to many of the strategies designed to limit the rise in global temperatures. Carbon credits provide a trading mechanism that enables the producers of carbon emissions to pay other organisations to undertake activities to offset the carbon emissions. In theory, this should prevent carbon emissions from warming the climate. In practice, it encourages the continued production of CO2 at a time when every effort should be dedicated to reducing CO2.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">However, there is a risk that carbon credits distort markets, slow the adoption of renewable technologies and create a false impression that we are making progress toward a cleaner, greener world.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This episode provides an entertaining examination of an issue that is often poorly understood.</p>
April 7, 2025
<p class="MsoNormal">This episode considers the characteristics of good and bad environmental policies plus the complexities of cost-benefit analysis - who pays the cost and who enjoys the benefit. We also examine why governments might wish to perpetuate the view that we should not overreact to fears about global warming.</p>
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