Creating an economy that can grow without accentuating this problem is the goal of decoupling. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this general problem, which many countries have tried to address by imposing a carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
ANSWER: climate change [or global warming; prompt on descriptions of environmental damage or other environmental issues]
[10m] This market-based policy has been introduced in China and the E.U. to address climate change. It involves limiting corporate emissions and allowing organizations to exchange carbon allocations.
ANSWER: cap-and-trade [or CAT; prompt on emission trading or carbon credit scheme; reject “carbon tax”]
[10h] In This Changes Everything, this Canadian author argues that climate change cannot be addressed by neoliberal capitalism. This writer also described how right-wing economic policies are opportunistically implemented during times of social upheaval in The Shock Doctrine.
ANSWER: Naomi Klein
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