Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020): Climate Change & Health
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Climate Change Policy: : From Negligence to Implementing a Carbon Tax

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  • Jay Anil Patel,
  • Olivia June Bloodworth,
  • Vishal Ashok Kumar Unnadkat,
  • Seetal Assi,
  • Ashni Asit Badiani
Jay Anil Patel
School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Olivia June Bloodworth
School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Vishal Ashok Kumar Unnadkat
School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
Seetal Assi
School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
Ashni Asit Badiani
School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.38192/13.2.6

Published 2020-04-18

Keywords

  • Climate change,
  • carbon tax,
  • revenue recycling

How to Cite

Patel, J. A., Bloodworth, O. J., Unnadkat, V. A. K., Assi, S., & Badiani, A. A. (2020). Climate Change Policy: : From Negligence to Implementing a Carbon Tax. Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.38192/13.2.6

Abstract

With the UK leaving the EU in 2020, its policies to combat climate change currently remain undecided. One policy discussed in this report is a carbon tax. This report finds that implementation of a carbon tax will require a favourable political climate, public attention and an appropriate cost, with a starting price of £40 per tonne of CO2 emitted, gradually rising to £100-125/tCO2 (1). Also, to be politically acceptable, there must also be ‘revenue recycling’, with some of the proceeds of the carbon tax being redirected to public services (2,3).

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