ENV221H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: William Nordhaus, Climate Ethics, Environmental Health
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Oct 18 during class time 45 min, ex200. Format: 15 multiple choice, 4 out of 5 short answer questions. Coverage will be a reading, lecture, tutorials up until oct 16(inclusive) Scientist use too many jargon does not effectively communicate the problem. Us economic win nobel prize for work on climate and growth. William nordhaus climate change policy - social cost of carbon, advocated for carbon tax; nobel prize committee survey and makes contribution to humanities so it is not fake new. It is entirely possible for human to produce less carbon, once we start to try to reduce emission, we"ll be surprised that it wasn"t as hard as we anticipated. Economist are telling us this, not advocare"s, not social justice advocates. Ask citizens to use less ac in sumer. 1 tonne challenge to reduce carbon footprint. Subsidize homeowner renovation to insulation; hybrid car purchase. Feed- in- tariff, governemt pay more per kwh for renewable electricity.
