Category: Barriers

Subsidies: mired in arbitrariness

In Short Subsidies are deemed arbitrary, which makes them questionable as a prime tool to support the green transition. A Few Details Subsidies are controversial because they are often arbitrarily implemented, with loose relations...

Unsuccessful carbon-pricing… until 2020

In Short Carbon pricing is unpopular. Currently, carbon pricing experiments are only targeting the largest corporations in the EU or in some US states. A Few Details Until now, attempts of carbon pricing have...

Wages of workers: endless stagnation

In Short The wages of the middle class have stagnated for decades, while the rich elites are getting richer. A Few Details Inequality is not diminishing, on the contrary. In the future, the poor...

Subsidies could slowly be phased out

In Short Subsidies have nurtured a green market. As this green market expands, subsidies are slowly losing political support and phased out. A Few Details Subsidies did help a burgeoning green market to find...

COP21 to avoid Border Adjustments Tax

In Short COP21 aims to bring every nation on a path to net-zero. This way, no border adjustment carbon tax would be needed between countries. A Few Details COP21 intended to avoid any carbon...

Inequality displaces the fight against global warming

In Short The promise of shared self-flagellation with high renewable costs has not motivated countries to act decisively. The paralysis has a root cause: inequalities. A Few Details Growing inequalities are the culprit derailing...

Energy-efficiency for 2030 or later

In Short Authorities are hesitant to impose energy-efficiency products, which would incur higher prices for the people. A Few Details Rich countries are only promising strict legislation by 2030 or later, but not much...

COP21 is not a solution

In Short COP21 is not a solution per se. It doesn’t include any economic method, only targets of carbon reductions. A Few Details Each nation must implement its own solution, which can include a...