CRI published major research report on Climate Change Policy
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Peter Vass |
Ian Bartle and Peter Vass of the School of Management’s Centre for the study of Regulated Industries (CRI) have published a major research report entitled, ‘Climate Change Policy and the Regulatory State - A Better Regulation Perspective’.
The report examines the development of the UK Government’s policy on tackling dangerous climate change, and finds it seriously flawed. It concludes that policies lack coherence and credible commitment with too much emphasis on what individuals and companies should do and too little on what Government should do. These failures sacrifice simplicity and certainty of solution for complexity and uncertainty of outcome.
It sets out a policy mix exemplar which could redress the problem and invites the Government to review its approach while the Climate Change Bill is discussed during the 2007/2008 sessions of Parliament. Key recommendations include maximum allowed emissions of carbon (CO2eq) each year profiled, to 2050, with cost-effective delivery of those limits being achieved by a comprehensive cap and trade system. Emission permits would be the new ‘currency’ from which a price of carbon would emerge, covering all sectors and gases.
The CRI will be holding a policy seminar on the report and associated issues on Wednesday 28th November (5.30-8.00pm) at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall. Introductory speakers include Andrew Lee, Director of the Sustainable Development Commission, and Jonathan Brearley, Director of the Office of Climate Change.
Notes to editors:
Climate Change Policy and the Regulatory State - A Better Regulation Perspective by Ian Bartle and Peter Vass, CRI Research Report 19, pp139, University of Bath, 2007, ISBN 1 85790 164 9. To download the report, please click here.
The CRI is an interdisciplinary research centre investigating how regulation and competition are working in practice, both in the UK and abroad. It is independent and politically neutral. It aims to produce authoritative, practical contributions to regulatory policy and debate, which are put into the public domain. The CRI focuses on comparative analyses across the regulated industries. CRI activities and outputs include:
- Regulatory statistics, information and analysis
- Discussion papers and Occasional papers
- Regulatory Briefs, Reviews and International series
- Research Reports and Technical papers
- Seminars, courses and conferences
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