Howard, Coordinator of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network, writes this opinion piece as a condemning evaluation of the world’s lack of action to combat climate change. Climate summit meetings have created a cycle of (broken) promises to reduce carbon emissions, and Howard argues that governments should look to implement a carbon fee, whose proceeds should go toward a dividend for each citizen, resembling a basic income.
Michael Howard, “We should prepare for the worst consequences of climate change”, Bangor Daily News, 11 August 2015.