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373. BCA challenges: representing behaviour

23 May, 202221 September, 2023 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

Here is the second video extract from my workshop called “Benefit-Cost Analysis: Traps, Challenges and Best Practice” presented on 7 February 2022, as part of

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Agriculture, Climate change, Economics, Policy

372. The fairness of additionality rules

16 May, 202220 June, 2022 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

At a national soils workshop on 5 May 2022, two speakers commented on the additionality rule for soil carbon offsets, saying that the rule is

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Agriculture, Climate change, Economics, Policy, Politics

371. Challenges in making soil-carbon sequestration a worthwhile policy

9 May, 202225 May, 2022 by David Pannell18 Min Reading

I have a new article out this week in the Farm Policy Journal co-written with Michael Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of the CRC for High

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Communication, Latest

370. My writing process

21 April, 202230 October, 2025 by David Pannell15 Min Reading

A while back I was talking about my writing process with a colleague and had the idea of trying to describe it and demonstrate it

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Economics, Environment, Latest

369. BCA criticisms 5: “money isn’t everything”

13 April, 202221 September, 2023 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

I’ve heard people express opposition to the use of Benefit: Cost Analysis because they say that it is too focused on money and neglects important

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Climate change, Economics, Latest, Policy, Politics

368. Serious weaknesses in the Emissions Reduction Fund

7 April, 202231 May, 2022 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

An unfortunate thing about environmental policies is how easy it seems to be to do them badly. It’s all too common to find that an

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