Climate change

Battle for the Planet

IPN Opinion article

Carrots, Sticks and Climate Change: A primer on down-to-earth ideas for climate policy

Author: Wolfgang Kasper

Publication date:

Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Policymakers are being pressured to`address the threat of climate change. Most of the focus so far has been on ‘sticks’, in the form of government restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions. This book argues that ‘carrots’ are a more humane and cost-effective way for policymakers to address climate-sensitive problems.