Fostering a Sustainable and Inclusive Economy: Rethinking the Role of the State, Ian Gough

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C1. Carbon mitigation and just transition • Huge range of programmes, Michael Grubb distinguishes: – Carbon pricing – Regulation – Green investment

• But carbon pricing regressive: – Necessities (heating, food, basic transport) are almost everywhere more carbon intensive than prosperity goods/luxuries – Ditto BECCS

• This unjust and can be counter-productive


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