Each year. climate change becomes worse and worse. With Co2 ppm on the rise and global tempatures on the rise, it is evident that something must be done. Thankfully China, the US, and many European countries have begun to take steps towards recovery. States like California have begun implimenting taxs on carbon, something European countries have been doing for half a decade, and China has also been making attempts to drop its carbon output. While this is tremedous news for the Enviroment and Earths inhabitants, we are still struggling to progress. It was reported yesterday that the US, China, and the EU failed to come to an agreement on lowering the tariff on "enviromental goods" such as solar panels and LED lightbulbs. Lower the tariff is important for it will facilitate green growth. When things cost less, people are more inclined to buy them. This is on of the reasons that electric cars are still low in ownership (yet rising). By making green goods cheaper, we incentivise helping the enviroment. Right before the meeting, China changed its list of items, that had not been properly reviewed. This could be China attempting to "slip one by us", which is why the US and EU declined. In order to foster societal progression in terms protecting the Enviroment, we must first decrease the price of enviromentally friendly goods while incentivsing their purchase and usage.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/us-china-eu-fail-reach-environmental-goods-deal-43965052
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