Comments on: Climate change and international institutions: presentation at Feasta

By: markets

markets — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:21:02 +0000

don’t understand why developing countries can’t participate in emissions trade markets. Presumably because they have not signed up to do so, because they didn’t sign up at Kyoto. i think that you’re suggesting that there be a global cap and trade system and an ‘equitable allocation algorythm’. Therefore, perhaps the obstacles are a lack of institutions to do the cap and trade, plus to allocate emissions permits ‘equitably’. Sorry, but what does Kyoto do then? Also, what is Kyoto (i didn’t sleep very well last night because the neighbours were playing music all night)?

i’ve thought of another problem, which, admittedly, you do mention, and that is, enforcement. The thing is, emissions are invisible, so how do you ensure that companies/organisations comply? What about vehicle-users too, or perhaps you’d cap and trade the producer of the petrol? About industries again, maybe meters could be installed in factories etc, to measure energy uptake; or would the meters have to measure the actual emissions?

By: Jules

Jules — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:02:53 +0000

Great stuff.

By: Rez Il-Yanz

Rez Il-Yanz — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:25:01 +0000

Yeah, check out the lady playing with her hair at 4.17. He still got it.

By: Alex Evans

Alex Evans — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:23:18 +0000

Well, apart from the man visibly struggling to remain awake at the 9 min mark

By: Emmy Shuns

Emmy Shuns — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:19:14 +0000

Ah Feasta. My second favourite ice cream, after the Funny Foot.

Good talk though, interesting. Audience all ladies i notice. the ol’ magic, eh!