The Waxman-Markey climate bill is headed to the Senate. Whether it will pass – and what it will say – is up in the air.
To help ensure the best climate policy possible, do you support the following six principles? If so, please lend your name and voice! These six principles unite pro-climate stakeholders from left to right, business to environmental. We will post this list on our website and use it to build the strongest possible base for smart climate policy.
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PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE EFFECTIVE CLIMATE POLICY
Six Principles of the US Climate Task Force
Action to protect global climate is vital. We all have a responsibility to do our parts – as individuals, communities, activists, scientists, and businesses.
We can’t meet the climate challenge in a single step – but we must begin, now.
We can’t make the perfect the enemy of the possible – we know we will need to do more, soon.
We also cannot make perception the enemy of the real – the steps we take must be forward, not backward.
To help guide our way, we join together to support six core principles that will help us move forward: Our policies must be:
Effective. Put a price on carbon sufficient to drive down emissions to the levels needed.
Efficient. Eliminate costs with no direct benefits, and protect the economy from unnecessary costs and distortions.
Fair. Advance social justice & equity, addressing the needs of low-income and displaced workers.
Predictable. Ensure a stable cost trajectory for carbon – avoid excess volatility.
Transparent. Make the program’s operations easily understandable and transparent to all parties.
Harmonious. Allow for and encourage the participation of the global community.
We come from different organizations – business, environmental, economic, social justice, and others. We may take different approaches and favor different policy options. But we support these principles, and seek to work together to put them into practice.
Signed,
SCIENTISTS, ECONOMISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, INVESTORS, AND EXECUTIVES