Tax reform and redistribution for a better recovery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix FitzRoy ◽  
Jim Jin
Keyword(s):  
Tax Reform ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Economic Democracy ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Regressive Tax ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Deep Recession ◽  
Carbon Economy

A regressive tax system and welfare cuts under ideological austerity have generated growing poverty and inequality in the UK and US. Failures in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting deep recession have the greatest impact on the poorest and most vulnerable, exacerbating poverty and inequality. In contrast to this depressing history, we show in detail that a better recovery in the UK requires a radical tax reform and a universal basic income, combined with a Green New Deal for full employment and a low-carbon economy, employee self-determination and economic democracy to eliminate exploitation and establish social justice.

Building a low-carbon economy: The inaugural report of the UK Committee on Climate Change

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Fankhauser ◽  
David Kennedy ◽  
Jim Skea
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Carbon Economy

scholarly journals Investigating Freight Corridors Towards Low Carbon Economy: Evidence from the UK

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 1865-1876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulus T. Aditjandra ◽  
Thomas H. Zunder ◽  
Dewan M.Z. Islam ◽  
Eero Vanaale
Keyword(s):  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Carbon Economy

Towards a low-carbon economy: scenarios and policies for the UK

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 865-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL EKINS ◽  
GABRIAL ANANDARAJAH ◽  
NEIL STRACHAN
Keyword(s):  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Carbon Economy

Pathways to a low-carbon economy for the UK with the macro-econometric E3MG model

Energy Policy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 3067-3077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Α.S. Dagoumas ◽  
T.S. Barker
Keyword(s):  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Carbon Economy

scholarly journals Risk Society and Anti-Politics in the Fracking Debate

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Drake
Keyword(s):  
Energy Production ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Risk Society ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Local Newspaper ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fossil Fuel Energy ◽  
Carbon Economy

Fracking in the UK has yet to reach full industrial development but it is still subject to significant opposition. This study uses Beck’s Risk Society theory and anti-politics to examine the views voiced by opponents to fracking in Yorkshire, England. A qualitative approach was used; local newspaper reports were evaluated alongside semi-structured interviews with protesters to provide a thematic analysis. Although there are signs of post-materialist concerns with the environment these issues did not dominate the discussion. Scientists were not held responsible for the risks involved in fracking. Instead economic greediness of politicians and austerity measures were perceived as putting the environment and people’s health at risk. Interviewees thought fossil fuel energy production was economically advantaged over more sustainable energy and jobs in the low carbon economy. Protesters’ trust in politicians had been eroded but faith in democracy remained. It is suggested a citizen-led deliberative approach to all the concerns raised, not simply those relating to scientific risk, might achieve some level of resolution over fracking in the UK.

scholarly journals Information Disclosure and the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: Climate-Related Risk in the UK and France

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-308
Author(s):  
Emily Webster
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Risk Disclosure ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Climate Risks ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Carbon Economy

Abstract Over the last several years there has been increasing recognition and acceptance of the threat that climate change poses to global financial stability and the concurrent need for corporations to identify and account for both climate risks and their impacts on the environment. This has resulted in the emergence of climate risk disclosure (CRD) as a voluntary standard as well as movement on the domestic level to introduce mandatory CRD, demonstrated by the introduction of CRD framework legislation in France. This article conducts a comparative analysis of France and the UK—countries that are adopting divergent methods of legal development towards CRD—to analyse the potential of CRD as a policy tool to aid towards climate change mitigation and the transition to a low-carbon economy, and evaluate how effectively this is being achieved in practice.

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