Reaction: Dieter Helm's 'least cost' ideas for meeting the UK's climate targets

Bright Blue's senior research fellow Sam Hall has been referenced in Carbon Brief, presenting his thoughts on the economy-wide carbon price, called for by Dieter Helm in the recently published Cost of Energy Review.  

Here's an excerpt:

Sam Hall ... argues an economy-wide carbon price is a volatile and uncertain price signal for investors, subject to short-term political and economic forces, that would struggle on its own to drive the required investment in the low carbon economy

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Cost of Energy: What might the Helm review mean for UK clean growth?

Bright Blue's senior research fellow Sam Hall has been quoted in Business Green, giving his verdict on the recently published Cost of Energy Review from Dieter Helm.  

Here's an excerpt:

"An economy-wide carbon price would effectively internalise the social and environmental costs of carbon emissions, but is a volatile and uncertain price signal for investors, subject to short-term political and economic forces, that would struggle on its own to drive the required investment," said Hall.

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