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Submitted by Sergio Arbarviro the 9/7/2017 13:16

We must organise and manage an orderly and just decline of the automotive industry
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Political domain, Work - Employment, Ecology - Sustainable Development, Industry, Land use planning & Geographic cohesiveness
The automotive industry has an enormous importance in terms of (1) environmental impact, (2) contribution to mobility and (3) economic value added and employment. Automotive use and production should decline over the next century - but this decline must be managed responsibly.
Inactive working group with 2 members

(Do X…) to organise and manage an orderly and just decline of the automotive industry [Public Policy Proposal stub]
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Political domain, Work - Employment, Ecology - Sustainable Development, Industry, Land use planning & Geographic cohesiveness
The automotive industry has an enormous importance in terms of (1) environmental impact, (2) contribution to mobility and (3) economic value added and employment. Automotive use and production should decline over the next century - but this decline must be managed responsibly....
Submitted by Sergio Arbarviro the 15/1/2017 17:04

Advertising destroys the democratic role of the press
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Political domain, Digitalisation, Institutions, Culture, Science - Technology - Innovation, Freedoms - Security
"If it's free, you're not the customer, you're the product being sold" Most business models on the Internet, and in the media industry, are based on a "free" access to the user - while those who actually pay are the companies purchasing advertising space to which the user is exposed. This dominant business model has a pernicious effect on the role that the press should play in a democracy. Those that actually control the media are not the users, they are the paying customers: the (big and smal...
Submitted by Sergio Arbarviro the 18/12/2016 11:21

Border adjustment measures on carbon emissions rights
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Political domain, Ecology - Sustainable Development, Scale, Scale - Whole EU, Industry, Public Finance - Taxation
Imposing a price to carbon emissions in Europe (in the form of tradeable allowances or of a carbon tax) is detrimental to the external competitiveness of European energy-intensive industries. I propose to set up a border adjustment on the price of carbon: the importer pays the internal tax, the exporter is being refunded.
Inactive working group without members

Fix the failures of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) with Border Adjustment Measures on carbon emissions prices
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Political domain, Ecology - Sustainable Development, Scale, Scale - Whole EU, Industry, International relations - Trade agreements, Public Finance - Taxation
Imposing a price to carbon emissions in Europe (in the form of tradeable allowances or of a carbon tax) is detrimental to the external competitiveness of European energy-intensive industries. We propose to set up a border adjustment on the price of carbon: the importer pays the internal tax (or purchases emissions allowances), the exporter is being refunded (or sells emissions allowances). The proposed policy is WTO-compatible and relies on well-proven institutions (e.g. VAT) and technologies....
Inactive working group with 1 member

Fix the failures of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) with Border Adjustment Measures on carbon emissions prices
Open to a working group

Ecology - Sustainable Development, Scale, Political domain, Industry, Public Finance - Taxation, Scale - Whole EU
Imposing a price to carbon emissions in Europe (in the form of tradeable allowances or of a carbon tax) is detrimental to the external competitiveness of European energy-intensive industries. We propose to set up a border adjustment on the price of carbon: the importer pays the internal tax (or purchases emissions allowances), the exporter is being refunded (or sells emissions allowances). The proposed policy is WTO-compatible and relies on well-proven institutions (e.g. VAT) and technologies....

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