The incentive scheme of the decision-making experiment on the willingness to address climate change was probabilistic: there was a 10% chance that a respondent was randomly selected for payment. If selected, the decisions from the experimental part were implemented accordingly. The random draw was ...
The plan…has rattled supply chains around the globe and angered the EU’s trading partners, particularly in the developing world… It has also unsettled manufacturers in the U.S. who are concerned the measure would create a new web of red tape to export to Europe. …Europe’s carbon borde...
Additionally, a few organic farmers reported that a financial incentive might be a good way to convince conventional farmers, who they saw as less ideologically driven than they are, to adopt beneficial practices. Farmers from both groups agreed that farmers tend to be underpaid and overworked, an...
“Net zero is an ideal state where the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released into the earth’s atmosphere is balanced by the amount of GHGs removed” (Mc Kinsey, 2023). 5. The huge disinformation strategy organized by the oil lobbies explains most of the climato-skepticism actions, se...
While this is entirely natural, sourcing it requires considerable amounts of energy to fell trees, transport the logs, cut and shape the wood, then move the final wood pieces to the pencil manufacturing plant. While some of this energy is electricity, there is considerable use of diesel for ...
There's lots said about why climate change now confronts us, and what it means, but the real issue is what to do about it. Plenty is said about that too, but there's not enough discussion on the practical aspects of implementation. Focusing on energy, that's what my blog sets out ...
Entitled to incentive Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Type of incentive Monetary reward Incentive(s) Bonus - % of salary Performance indicator(s) Progress towards a climate-related target Incentive plan(s) this incentive is linked to Short-Term Incentive Plan Further details of incentive(s) FMC ...
Ott:Which gives government even more incentive to mitigate potential disasters. Sawchuk:Traditionally, you buy insurance for something that might happen once every 30 years. But when it's happening once every other year, once every five years, we need to respond differently. We...
However, investments will require > $400 billion per year8, which is over nine times the amount being spent today9. Accompanying this uptick in interest has been a concomitant rise in confusion and controversy. In some instances, the excitement around NCS has led to well-intentioned but ...
climate budgeting in 2024 (2023 p. 16). Bristol UK admits its “One City Climate Strategy” is “not a delivery plan and does not plot the route to achievement…as city partners have been unable to find the resources to lead delivery action beyond their own responsibilities” (2023, p.4...