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Category Archives: Economics
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Trying to square the carbon price circle
TweetSharePublished in ENDS Report, issue 446, March 2012. Economists like things to be simple. All the world is a market and the men and women merely rational agents. If each plays his part pursuing self-interest then all will be well … Continue reading
Is the planning system holding back economic growth?
TweetShareI have been quoted (below) giving my reaction to the report Inexpensive Progress which is released today. The report was carried out by Vivid Economics, and commissioned by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), the National Trust and the … Continue reading
Will the government push for economic growth at the expense of environmental protection?
TweetShareI have been quoted in Damian Carrington‘s most recent Environment Blog for The Guardian, Environmental protection rules may be headed for government shredder. The blog covers Oliver Letwin’s proposition to replace all of the current environmental guidance including that on … Continue reading
Tom Burke’s political commentary: These plans for planning need urgent rethinking
TweetShareENDS Report 440, p. 54, September 2011. The government’s national planning policy framework is bad news for business, the environment and for its own green economy ambitions There is almost certainly a good case to be made for simplifying the … Continue reading
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Is green growth a good goal for government?
TweetShareAppeared on the Green Alliance’s Catalyst Forum, on 26th July, 2011. Yes, but we must be clear about what makes growth green No-one should doubt the government’s current appetite for growth. The economy grew by a mere 0.2 per cent … Continue reading
Tom Burke’s political commentary: marriage made in heaven or a crash waiting to happen
TweetShareENDS Report 432, p. 51, January 2011. The growth and green agendas are at last converging. How smooth their meeting will be depends on the government’s ability to pursue multiple policies that work with, not against, each other. A hard … Continue reading
Without a true green investment bank there can be no environmental progress
TweetSharePublished in The Guardian on 7th October 2010. If David Cameron is to deliver his promise of a low-carbon economy, he must demonstrate the political will. David Cameron promised this to be the greenest government ever. Brave words. But it … Continue reading
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Cameron’s big test: the green investment bank
TweetShareENDS Report 427, p. 61, August 2010. The scene is set for a major battle over the shape of the green investment bank. The outcome will say everything about the prime minister’s commitment to a green government. David Cameron promised … Continue reading
Green investment bank may be announced in the budget, but what would it deliver?
TweetSharePublished in The Guardian, on 23rd March 2010. A green investment bank or fund is expected to be unveiled in Alastair Darling’s budget tomorrow. But there is little clarity on how it would operate, or what it would invest in. … Continue reading
The politics of the carbon price
TweetSharePublished in the International Financing Review, in September 2008. Accurately assessing carbon price risk as climate policy evolves will require a profound understanding of the interaction between policy and politics and the unique nature of the challenge this poses to … Continue reading