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Antoine Danchin

Antoine Danchin

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Antoine Danchin is Honorary Professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences at Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Professor and Senior Scientific Adviser at the China National GeneBank.

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    The Logic of Effective Climate Action

    Barry Eichengreen

    The starting point for addressing climate change, economists agree, is a tax on carbon. But while the resulting reduction in emissions would benefit virtually everyone on the planet, those who bear a disproportionate share of the costs will mobilize in opposition – that is, unless they are given a reason not to.

     argues that the best way to overcome organized resistance to a carbon tax is to buy it off.
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