Duncan O'Leary
Duncan works on projects looking at public services, skills and work.
It didn’t make the front pages (as far as I know) but I think David Miliband’s speech yesterday floating the idea of carbon rationing for individuals is going to be an interesting one to watch…
…because of the policy: it’s certainly ambitious. And you can see the logic behind extending a scheme that has worked well for countries. But will it be workable? Can it go beyond a deficit model – i.e. do you get credit points for your roof garden and organic vegetables? Would direct taxation be better?
…and because of the politics: how will the
As far as I can tell, the Tories haven’t reacted at all so far, preferring to focus on the Home Office, the Middle East, home information pacts etc. So if/when they does I think it might be a really good indicator of what it means to be a Cameron Conservative.
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I'm thinking of the ability, through smart use of technologies and mapping tools, to situate people in their networks of responsibility more clearly and in simpler ways, so that the implications of their everyday actions become much more visible. With regards to microgeneration, your everyday energy / co2 usage as you go about your life could be mapped against your energy / sustainability contributions. So that your defecit / surplus is more visible - both in terms of energy use and emissions.