After a chaotic start to COP26, Professor Rupert Read from the University of East Anglia reports on events in Glasgow.
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Rupert Read: Inside COP26. It’s like a tornado that may end in a whimper
Climate Crisis
Energy Transition: ‘The amount of energy required by direct air carbon capture proves it is an exercise in futility’
Removing CO2 directly from the air requires almost as many joules as those produced by burning the fossil fuel in the first place Read Here
EU politics
Vila Web: Catalan education sector protests against Spanish quota in the classrooms
Teachers and students go on strike for fourth day in March, as government confirms not imposing ruling Read Here
Finance
Chris Dillow – Stumbling and Mumbling: Capitalism’s bad incentives
Capitalism contains many dysfuntional incentives – ones that constrain innovation and encourage rent-seeking. Read here
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