Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/213927 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
LSR Working Papers Series No. 19/01
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, LUSEM Sustainability Research Network, Lund
Abstract: 
The purpose of this article is twofold: First to discuss three misconceptions in the debate on climate policies: i) that de-growth is necessary, ii) that the market economy is part of the problem rather than part of the solution to climate change, and iii) that the only policy tool needed is to price carbon emissions. Second, to argue that climate change cuts across traditional policy areas and that a wide set of different policy tools is required to reduce emissions. I also call for sequential policies that begin by enabling decarbonization before focusing on phasing out emissions.
Subjects: 
climate change
policy
carbon tax
economic development
growth
JEL: 
Q50
Q54
Q56
Q58
E6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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