On paper, climate policy sounds simple: you put a price on carbon. Either you tax it, or you cap it and let firms trade. In practice, doing that for one of the world’s biggest economies — as the first mover — is anything but simple. This episode looks at 20 years of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): how it started, the challenges, the lessons, and where it’s going next. The ETS is the world’s first major carbon market, and it has helped drive CO₂ emissions in covered sectors down by m...
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On paper, climate policy sounds simple: you put a price on carbon. Either you tax it, or you cap it and let firms trade. In practice, doing that for one of the world’s biggest economies — as the first mover — is anything but simple. This episode looks at 20 years of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): how it started, the challenges, the lessons, and where it’s going next. The ETS is the world’s first major carbon market, and it has helped drive CO₂ emissions in covered sectors down by m...
#10 - Best of Air Pollution Episodes - Impact, China's War on Pollution and India's innovative cap-and-trade approach - ft. Dr. Hasenkopf, Dr. Debb and Dr. Trimarchi
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#10 - Best of Air Pollution Episodes - Impact, China's War on Pollution and India's innovative cap-and-trade approach - ft. Dr. Hasenkopf, Dr. Debb and Dr. Trimarchi
Send us a text Air pollution isn’t just a climate co-benefit—it’s the number one threat to human health. In this best-of compilation, we revisit three standout conversations to trace the arc from global impacts to two of the world’s most important case studies: China and India. Both tackled air pollution, but one In this episode: The global picture (Dr. Christa Hasenkopf, EPIC – UChicago): Why fine particulate matter (PM2.5) quietly shaves ~2 years off global life expectancy—and how mic...
Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
On paper, climate policy sounds simple: you put a price on carbon. Either you tax it, or you cap it and let firms trade. In practice, doing that for one of the world’s biggest economies — as the first mover — is anything but simple. This episode looks at 20 years of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): how it started, the challenges, the lessons, and where it’s going next. The ETS is the world’s first major carbon market, and it has helped drive CO₂ emissions in covered sectors down by m...
