Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
A non-exhaustive list includes: strict building standards to improve energy efficiency and renewable technologies; mandatory energy-efficiency building retrofits (with options for cheap loans to be paid back via the saved energy bills); a frequent flyer levy, penalizing each additional flight at an increasing rate; bans on road and airport expansio
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Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions.What Are the Highest Impact Solutions?Known solutions with near term large impact:- Adoption of regenerative agriculture techniques (e.g. no till)- Massive reforestation / afforestation + reducing deforestation- Electrification of road transportation- Electrification of building heating- Broad deployment of solar, ... See more