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"In the thirty years since the IPCC released its first report in 1990, humanity
has spewed more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the rest of human
history combined. Even though there have been 28 COPs and countless local,
national, and international political commitments and recommitments to carbon
neutrality since then, we as a species have failed to make a dent in the curve
of exponentially increasing emissions.
In the race to appear to be meeting international climate commitments while
continuing to abide by economic growth — the sacred principle which cannot seem
to be sacrificed no matter what the cost — one idea has risen to prominence as
a nostrum for solving the climate crisis: carbon financing.
With this remedy, governments do not have to ruffle private industry feathers
too much and can simply let 'market forces' do the work of shifting society to
a low-carbon economic pathway, while once again not having to question the
sanity of pursuing perpetual economic growth on a planet with finite
resources."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
