Put carbon dividend at the core of post-COVID reboot
This is a 3-part podcast to connect the dots between carbon price-and-dividend and universal basic income. We spot the emerging ideas and ask how we should be equity-weighting green policies.PART 1: tackles carbon price-and-dividend· Carbon tax and its (much feared) regressive aspects.· Ways to equity-weight carbon tax and the role of carbon dividends.PART 2: links carbon dividend to universal basic income· Use of carbon dividends as universal basic income.· Key pitfalls of solely relying on carbon dividends to fund substantive and sustained basic income scheme.· Ideas for hybrid financing basic income – carbon dividends and beyond.PART 3: on knowledge and policy· Knowledge that needs amplification in public debates on carbon price-and-dividend and inclusive reset.· Emerging policy ideas that decision makers need to pay closer attention to.The expert is Anders Fremstad, Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Colorado State University. His expertise is in the political economy of the environment, especially the sharing economy and the climate crisis. Anders has written on the distributional impact of carbon pricing policies, carbon dividends, and the connections between the latter with universal basic income.The host is John Crowley, UNESCO's Chief of Research, Policy and Foresight.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.