{"id":2176,"date":"2009-11-16T19:49:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T18:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/2009\/11\/16\/pas-pa-den-gr%c3%b8nne-protektionisme\/"},"modified":"2009-11-16T19:49:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T18:49:57","slug":"pas-pa-den-gr%c3%b8nne-protektionisme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/?p=2176","title":{"rendered":"Pas p\u00e5 den gr\u00f8nne protektionisme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skriv under p\u00e5 underskriftsindsamlingen imod gr\u00f8n protektionisme<\/a>:<\/p>\n

You have no doubt heard about the UN\u2019s climate conference in Copenhagen next month. Chief among the bad ideas being touted by environmental activists and politicians in the run-up to that meeting is a proposal to permit trade restrictions on the grounds that they will help to prevent climate change (for example by encouraging governments to sign up and comply with an international agreement to restrict emissions). Pascal Lamy, director of the World Trade Organization, has even sanctioned this approach, saying that the world\u2019s priorities should be \u201cclimate first and trade, second.\u201d And \u2013 surprise surprise \u2013 uncompetitive industries and other vested interests have jumped on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n

Trade \u2013 along with the increased wealth and the better, less costly products and production processes that it yields \u2013 offers people in poor countries the possibility once and for all to address chronic problems such as drought-induced famine and poverty-induced diseases. Without trade, people will be much less able to adapt themselves to the climate they face now and in the future. Meanwhile, imposing restrictions on trade will inhibit specialisation and innovation, which may slow down the development of low-carbon technologies. In other words, trade restrictions are neither desirable nor are they an effective way to prevent climate change.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Frihandel er vigtigere end COP15s klimaaftale. Is\u00e6r i betragtning af, at COP15 intet kommer til at betyde for jordens klima i den store helhed – men kan f\u00e5 enorme virkninger for den \u00f8konomiske v\u00e6kst i ulandene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Skriv under p\u00e5 underskriftsindsamlingen imod gr\u00f8n protektionisme: You have no doubt heard about the UN\u2019s climate conference in Copenhagen next month. Chief among the bad ideas being touted by environmental activists and politicians in the run-up to that meeting is a proposal to permit trade restrictions on the grounds that they will help to prevent … L\u00e6s mere Pas p\u00e5 den gr\u00f8nne protektionisme<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,24],"tags":[84,184,259],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiteberg.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}