Finance & Fury Podcast

Welcome to Finance and Fury the Say What Wednesday edition. Today we are continuing on from last week’s episode about climate change, so if you haven’t heard it, check out last week’s episode here. Today I will run through the Paris Climate Agreement, and their proposed solutions. How is policy made? What are second-order effects? An example is capping electricity prices – what’s the first consequence? The second? The third? It sounds a bit far-fetched, but it happens a lot when prices are capped The outcome was the opposite of the original intended policy This is what is dangerous about government policy – check out the episode on positive rights here Making changes in a complex system: What you get may be the opposite of what you want What are the aims of the UNFCCC Paris Climate change agreement? Reducing the increase in temperature Link to the UNFCCC Paris Climate Change agreement Lots of bazaar language What is a climate fund? What is the financial target? What is the Green Climate Fund? What are t