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A Policy Case Study: UK Livestock and Methane
In a previous post I proposed, as one element in the UK’s climate change policy, a tax on the sale of beef with the aim of reducing beef production and so reducing methane emissions from cattle. Here I consider the … Continue reading
How to Deal with Natural Disasters
A short review of Matthew Kahn’s An Introduction to Natural Disaster Economics. When I first studied environmental and natural resource economics, I was struck by its focus on certain topics and comparative neglect of others which seemed equally important. My … Continue reading
New Findings on Climate Change
Climate Science Should Take Account of New Findings Since the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment I have long regarded myself as a climate sceptic. I am definitely not an expert on climate science: it is a topic I have learnt a little … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Forests
Tagged aerosols, albedo, climate sensitivity, IPCC, reforestation, shipping fuel, warming
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A Correction – Methane Emissions from UK Livestock
Methane emissions per unit from lamb production are comparable with those from beef production. In the second of my series of posts analysing UK climate change policy, I presented calculations of the methane emitted per kilogram carcass weight in the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Climate change
Tagged beef, cattle, climate change, lamb, methane emissions, sheep
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