Well, that's something reported in "Climate Change and Public Policy Futures" a report issued by the British Academy. It suggests that emissions arising from the creation of goods in the UK fell by 15% from 1990 but those associated with the consumption of goods produced elsewhere rose by 19% in the same period. The report argues that the UK's market-centred green growth approach to climate change is ineffective (so what's new there then?) but we are stuck in this paradigm because stating the problem is easy but finding a solution much more difficult. Nevertheless, the argument goes, a much modified green growth approach is required.
Going back to my title, one key problem is that there is no mechanism within the Kyoto or UNFCCC frameworks to account for and rectify global emission flows. The report further argues that cap-and-trade, mandated market solutions, carbon taxes and subsidies are insufficient to the task. There is a requirement for policy integration across social, economic and environmental policy which has not been recognised, let alone implemented.
Heady difficult stuff!
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