Q&A with Dr, Neil McCulloch - written by Aia Brnic (IISD) and Neil McCulloch
Nigeria's new president, Bola Tinubu, removed gasoline subsidies right after he was sworn in on May 29. To find out what this means for Nigeria and how the country can make this reform a success, nternational Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)'s Energy Communications expert Aia Brnic talked with fossil fuel subsidy expert Dr. Neil McCulloch, author of the book "Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies–the politics of saving the planet." Neil has co-authored several IISD reports. The interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
This article first appeared on the IISD website - see link below:
Political economy analysis for climate action training course running from 31 October 2023
The Policy Practice is delighted to announce a new short online course focussing on the Political Economy of Climate Action. This course explains how political economy analysis can be used to understand the challenge of action on climate change and to design more effective interventions. The course will consist of seven, 2-hour online sessions from 31 October to 27 November 2023. For more information and to register please click below
Why governments drag their feet on climate action - and what to do about it. New blog from TPP Director Neil McCulloch
In March 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a Synthesis report of its huge sixth assessment report, pointing out that greenhouse gas emissions must fall dramatically – starting immediately – for us to have any chance of keeping the global temperature within 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2100. The response to this depressing reality from many advocating urgent action to tackle climate is that we must try harder. That failing to do so will result in catastrophe. This blog argues that this is the wrong approach. That the rallying cry to keep on pushing forward is unlikely to work unless we have a better understanding of the political barriers to doing so.
Financial Times article on 'how to rethink climate change'
TPP Director Neil McCulloch’s book Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies: the politics of saving the planet was featured in the Financial Times (paywalled) as one of three good books on ‘How to rethink climate change’.
A Policy Brief summarising the book's main messages is available here.