Climate, planning, economy. Tips 31+

posted by Geoff on 6th Sep 2022

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Contents #31

#31: Property Location Rights
#32: Green belts and the view
#33: Cheat with parklets
#34: Pay motorists to give up cars?
#35: Beware the Gulf Stream weakening
#36: A better use for brownfield sites
#37: The public need to know about climate
#38: Keep telling the public
#39: Degrowth to save the climate
#40: Follow the funding

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The ONS makes a category mistake

posted by Geoff on 22nd Aug 2022

22nd,Aug

Over recent decades, large increases in property prices have given considerable wealth to house owners. Many of these are affluent people in affluent areas. The less affluent in less affluent areas are paying more rent.

Housing supply, inequality and the under 30s

Housing: Twenty years on. Plus ça change.

posted by Geoff on 18th Aug 2022

18th,Aug

In 2020 …

But back in 2002 … on faxfn.org

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NIMBYs steal from the poor & destroy the Planet

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If the World were like York people we’d need three Earths

A recent report compiled by John Barratt of the Stockholm Institute for Planet York says that an average York resident has an individual green footprint of 6.91 hectares. This report gives a “fair earthshare” footprint as 2.1 hectares so if everybody on Earth lived as the residents of York, we would need three planets like Earth.

Climate, planning, economy. Tips 21+

posted by Geoff on 14th Aug 2022

14th,Aug

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Contents #21

#21: High emissions violate planning policy
#22: Tell us about planning gain
#23: Reduce demolition
#24: Explain land ownership
#25: Let them eat cake
#26: Be more aware of Climate Change
#27: Again: Be aware of Climate Change
#28: Don’t bet on electric cars
#29: Where are residents with the worst greenhouse emissions?
#30: Be ashamed of what we are doing

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Needed – A Green or Graded Basic Income

posted by Geoff on 13th Aug 2022

13th,Aug

BY

John Bibby

Quick Action Needed!! Is it time for a Green or Graded Basic Income (GBI)?

Graded Basic Income is Green

The Graduated Basic Income (GBI) is a new idea which builds on proposals for a Universal Basic Income (UBI). However, unlike the UBI, the GBI is quick to implement, avoids some of the objections against UBI, and is especially fit for these troubled times of extreme price rises. The GBI is also Green, because it does not incentivise the increased use of energy. In this is differs from proposals such as tax cuts, fuel rebates and special social tariffs which are designed to bring down fuel prices and thereby incentivise their use and over-use.

UBI has been slow coming

Climate, planning, economy. Tips 11+

posted by Geoff on 9th Aug 2022

9th,Aug

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Climate, planning, economy. Tips 1+

posted by Geoff on 7th Aug 2022

7th,Aug

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York strategy consultations – a response

posted by Geoff on 6th Aug 2022

6th,Aug

**York Council strategies show little care for inequality or the climate crisis.**

Climate change and inequality

Would Greta say York Council is lying?

In A Net Zero Carbon Roadmap for York, Professor Gouldson estimated York’s share of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C. It was 50 tonnes CO2e per citizen from the beginning of 2020.

The remaining carbon budget is the amount of greenhouse gases, that humanity can emit while still having a chance to contain global warming within 1.5°C compared with pre-industrial levels, as advocated by the Paris Agreement.

The missing link – Town Planning

posted by Geoff on 23rd Jul 2022

23rd,Jul

Economic polices are not enough

Cutting carbon without cutting jobs

posted by Geoff on 7th Jul 2022

7th,Jul

Flying is one of the most carbon intensive activities:
More CO2 emitted for every pound spent.

Carbon intensity

As noted in the previous post, Green Growth or Degrowth, carbon intensity is a measure of the amount of CO2 emitted (in grams CO2) for each unit of economic output (e.g. in £). Worldwide it’s presently over 500 grams CO2 for every £ of economic output produced.

Activities with high carbon intensities

For 50 years or more carbon intensity has declined: For a given amount of economic output (Gross Domestic Product or GDP) there has been less CO2 emitted. This has been a steady downward trend. Doubling the rate of decline only allows a very small increase in GDP – if emissions are to keep within carbon budgets.

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