Cap and Share in more depth

During 2007 it has been encouraging how well Cap and Share has been evolving as an approach.
More up-to-date papers may be found on the new resource wiki

Research papers
Cap and Share articles
Newspaper articles

Three key papers from feasta - The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability

The Great Emissions Rights Give - Away March 2007
The EU's emissions trading system should be scrapped in its present form and replaced with a much fairer, less distorting system, according to a briefing paper from Feasta's Climate and Energy working group.
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Emissions Rationing and the Oil Price Crisis - March 2007
This document examines a way in which the poor in many countries could be protected if,as oil and gas get scarcer, their cost goes higher andhigher over the years ahead.
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Cap and Share: A fair way to cut greenhouse emissions - November 2007. A paper connecting climate change and peak energy with the implementation of Cap and Share. Being drafted.

 

Controlling the environmental impact of the transport sector
in the European Union - Dec 2006
This paper explores how all forms of transport, as they compete with each other, could be treated together under a Cap and Share scheme.
PDF shorter Version 4pp
PDF longer Version 10pp

 

Articles by Cap and Share
Let's make sure the message is clear and urgent - we're over the emissions limIt Web
Delivering high carbon prices without crucifying the poor Web
Peak fossil fuels - jump now or be pushed later Web
Needed: a worldwide popular movement demanding equity and the observance of ecological limits Web
Here’s how some of the pieces of the jigsaw might fit together Web
How do we get people to buy into a rapidly contracting cap? Web
Alternative proposals to Cap and Share Web
Implementing Cap and Share Web
From Heiligendamm to Bali Web

 

Newspaper articles featuring Cap and Share
Radical overhaul of emissions allocation required Richard Douthwaite, Irish Times 28 Nov 2005
Sharing out the rations Richard Douthwaite, Irish Times 13 Jan 2007