Extras

Question 1

What are EU ETS revenues being used for (?;?)

Answer 1

NGO Carbon Market Watch 2016
Subsidising Polish coal plants
Free permits worth est. €12bn given to Poland, Romania and Czechia
Supposed to support modernisation of power sector; 2013 90% went to upgrade fossil fuel infrastructure

Question 2

The Montreal Protocol (?)

Answer 2

1987 for CFCs
- idea of needing another binding international agreement feeds off its success
Success due to:
- easily isolated problem
- obvious alternative chemical existed
- hole in atmosphere = easy to sensationalise
- US businesses had already developed alternatives = lead state in negotiations rather than reluctant/veto state

Question 3

Climate geoengineering (?;?)

Answer 3

Hulme 2012
e.g. stratospheric aerosol injection
Need to have public scrutiny - what kind of earth are we making
How will humans view themselves in relation to rest of world
what sort of god would we become
Small elite of white male scientists are dominating voices on the issue

Question 4

Sadiq Khan - London air pollution plans

Answer 4

Ultra Low Emissions Zone over London
Increasing size of planned zone
= charge for drivers of dirtiest and oldest vehicles
To incentivise use of cleaner vehicles or alternative transport