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14/ There is no a constituency for quality in policy because polluters rely on offsets to water down mandated carbon prices. Sincere buyers in private markets struggle to find quality projects today precisely because much of the original industry was built for greenwashing.
15/ David and I won’t be making many friends in the offsets business, but we are otherwise looking to unite, not divide. The two of us have distinct personal politics and approached the writing process as an exercise in finding common ground.
16/ Growing divisions between the left and center threaten to undermine climate progress in many countries. We hope our collaboration helps further dialog across ideological camps and develops an empirical record to test what works. https://grist.org/climate/the-biggest-fight-over-cap-and-trade-isnt-about-what-you-think-it-is/
17/ It’s important to add that the book is not a jeremiad against economists. If anything, our theory of politics is a full employment act for economists who seek to fine-tune climate policy portfolios because we think carbon prices won’t do that on their own.
18/ We hope to convince more of our friends in economics to inform their work with grounded, empirical views of climate politics — and to persuade those who reject markets to listen to feedback from economists who take politics seriously.
19 / Beyond those already mentioned, David and I are indebted to many others whose work informed our thinking, including @JesseJenkins, @greenprofgreen, @MarkJaccard, @Jeff_Ball, @envirolaw1, @vjkarplus, @katie4council, and @MichaelGrubb9, to name only a few.
20/ Finally, David and I are deeply grateful for the generous book endorsements from @kdeleon, @LaurenceTubiana, and @davevwright. Thank you!
21/ Interested to hear more? Come to our digital book launch on 27 October – kindly hosted by Oxford University’s @BlavatnikSchool, @TheSmithSchool, and @INETOxford, with discussion from @sugandhasri and @thomasnhale. https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/can-carbon-markets-work
22/ And did I mention you can buy a copy of the book?
EU/UK Oct 2020
US Dec 2020
If you buy direct from @politybooks, use discount code VBT99 for 20% off a very reasonable price (paperback £15.99 UK / $22.95 US). https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509541799
EU/UK Oct 2020US Dec 2020If you buy direct from @politybooks, use discount code VBT99 for 20% off a very reasonable price (paperback £15.99 UK / $22.95 US). https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509541799
23/ If you prefer to enrich Jeff Bezos instead, you can do that here: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Climate-Policy-Danny-Cullenward-dp-1509541802/dp/1509541802/
