Climate change: convincing people to pay to tackle it is hard - treating it like a pension could help

Citation

Comerford D (2021) Climate change: convincing people to pay to tackle it is hard - treating it like a pension could help. The Conversation. 05.10.2021.

Abstract
First paragraph: Energy prices across the world have soared in recent weeks, hitting households and businesses hard. Combined with the costs of dealing with the pandemic, this may make political leaders think twice about making the case for expensive environmental policies that could further raise taxes or bills at next month’s COP26 global climate summit.

Keywords
climate change; investment; pensions; energy prices; COP26; audio narrated;

Notes
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-convincing-people-to-pay-to-tackle-it-is-hard-treating-it-like-a-pension-could-help-168966

People

Professor David Comerford

Professor, Economics