Abatement policy

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Abatement policy

Any intervention in a market designed to reduce production and/or consumption that creates environmental damages - can include pollution (carbon) taxes, carbon trading schemes, tougher environmental regulations and the banning of some products.

Micro & Macro Effects of a Carbon Tax | A-Level Economics Quick Revision

27th May 2025
Circular Economy - How the Royal Mint is Turning E-Waste into Treasure

9th August 2024
Raw Deal: Major UK Water Firms Penalised £168m Over Sewage Spills

6th August 2024
Externalities and Development: 10 million people in Thailand suffer pollution-related illnesses

8th March 2024
Pollution and Development Barriers - Four Countries and Four Stories

27th February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Paris votes to increase the parking fees for SUVs to reduce pollution (Feb 2024)

8th February 2024
UK to introduce a Carbon Border Tax in 2027

18th December 2023
Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC)

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1.4.1 Carbon Trading and Carbon Taxes (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)

Teaching PowerPoints
Rishi Sunak set to rip up net zero policies ahead of election

19th September 2023
1.3.2 Externalities and Government Intervention (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)

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4.1.1.4 The Environment as a Scarce Economic Resource (AQA)

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Environmental Economics - Why is the Tragedy of the Commons a major problem?

Study Notes
Growth and the Environment - Externalities of Nickel Mining in Indonesia

8th July 2023
Growth and the Environment - The True Cost Of Mexico's Maya Train

28th April 2023
Externalities - UK farming causes over a quarter of cities’ particle pollution

26th March 2023
Externalities - Why Nobody Knows How Much Methane Is Leaking

23rd March 2023
What are carbon taxes and what are they designed to achieve?

Study Notes
Environmental Economics - CO Emissions by Transport Mode

27th November 2022
The Circular Economy - Roads Can Be Recycled Forever, Why Don't More Cities Do It?

20th October 2022
German government offers a cheap travel pass to citizens

15th July 2022
Plastic packaging disposal tops 100 billion pieces a year in the UK

13th July 2022
Government Intervention - Economics of Carbon Taxes

Topic Videos
Externalities & Market Failure (Quizlet Revision Activity)

Quizzes & Activities
REDD Programme - Protecting Forests as a Common Access Resource

8th April 2022
Externalities - No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021

24th March 2022
Government intervention - Paris announces car ban for central districts

23rd February 2022
Water Industry and Externalities - SW Water criticised for dismal pollution record

22nd February 2022
Plastic Packaging Tax (Revision Essay Plan)

Topic Videos
Innovation and Environmental Impact - Can new innovations reduce beer’s water usage?

9th February 2022
Mixed externalities - the green credentials of wood pellets

11th January 2022
Externalities - The Human Cost of Marine and Traffic Pollution

7th January 2022
Circular economy - the companies making stuff from CO2

7th December 2021
Environmental Economics - Amazon deforestation surges

22nd November 2021
UK government offers consumer subsidy for heat pumps

19th October 2021
Environmental Economics - Should a carbon tax vary over the economic cycle?

22nd August 2021
Scarcity and resource use - finding answers to the world's drinking water crisis

2nd August 2021
The Case for an International Carbon Price Floor

21st June 2021
Reforestation and China's Great Green Wall

6th June 2021
Energy Economics - Drax carbon-capture plan could cost British households £500 each

28th May 2021
Carbon Emissions Trading - Exam Question Walkthrough for Edexcel A-Level Economics

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Zero waste movement spreads across London

1st March 2021
Fish farms regenerating the environment

4th October 2020
Regulating emissions: Should ads for large polluting vehicles be banned?

6th August 2020
Greening the Economy - No Trade Off with Growth

23rd May 2020
How to stop plastic getting into the ocean

1st May 2020
Heathrow Terminal Three - Government plans declared unlawful

28th February 2020
Tragedy of the Commons - How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong

22nd December 2019
What is the Green New Deal?

1st December 2019
How can we fund a Green New Deal?

28th November 2019
Road transport emissions up despite efficiency gains

17th September 2019
Air Pollution and Policies to Control (Revision Essay Plan)

Practice Exam Questions
London's new Ultra Low Emissions Zone

13th April 2019
Interventions to address environmental market failure

Study Notes
Negative Externalities (Application Videos)

Study Notes
A Malaysian town smothered by rubbish

14th February 2019
Externalities: Air pollution is the new tobacco

21st December 2018
Madrid bans polluting cars from the city centre

1st December 2018
Deforestation in Brazil is the worst for ten years

27th November 2018

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