what tools can the EU use to encourage its citizens to live in a more sustainable way?
Mike says: I’d introduce two things: firstly, a system of carbon auditing, so that whenever someone buys a product or a service they can tell the amount of carbon emissions generated by that product or its manufacture; secondly, a system ofMike says: I’d introduce two things: firstly, a system of carbon auditing, so that whenever someone buys a product or a service they can tell the amount of carbon emissions generated by that product or its manufacture; secondly, a system of carbon rationing so that everyone is given a carbon allocation for the year and when they pay their gas, electricity or oil bill, the amount is deducted from their allocation. In a similar way, corporations would have to bid for their ability to emit carbon; so that a market would be generated, and the more heavily carbon emitting processes would be more expensive.(more)(less)
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