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Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Speaker: James K. Boyce
(Senior Fellow, Professor Emeritus; Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amhers)
Organizer: Farm for Change, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
Chair: Chien-Yi Lu (Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica)
Website and Registration: https://farmforchange.ea.sinica.edu.tw/Academic-Events/Events-4
Contact: Miss Lin, +886-2-3789-7222, pimei@gate.sinica.edu.tw 
Abstract：Everybody knows that we need to curtail our use of fossil fuels to avoid the most devastating climate catastrophe, but few have offered politically feasible plans. In this lecture, Dr. James Boyce will explain why carbon fees and dividends can make carbon pricing both socially just and politically durable by turning the antagonist, i.e., the general public, of carbon fees or taxes into strong supporters of the urgently needed reform. Based on the principle that the gifts of nature belong not to corporations or governments but us all, carbon fees and dividends will reset the relationship among the economy, the energy system, the people, and nature.