Fuso Nerini, F;
Fawcett, T;
Parag, Y;
Ekins, P;
(2021)
Personal carbon allowances revisited.
Nature Sustainability
, 4
pp. 1025-1031.
10.1038/s41893-021-00756-w.
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Abstract
Here we discuss how personal carbon allowances (PCAs) could play a role in achieving ambitious climate mitigation targets. We argue that recent advances in AI for sustainable development, together with the need for a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, open a new window of opportunity for PCAs. Furthermore, we present design principles based on the Sustainable Development Goals for the future adoption of PCAs. We conclude that PCAs could be trialled in selected climate-conscious technologically advanced countries, mindful of potential issues around integration into the current policy mix, privacy concerns and distributional impacts.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Personal carbon allowances revisited |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41893-021-00756-w |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00756-w |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Climate-change mitigation, Policy, Sustainability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10134123 |
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