{"id":2691,"date":"2010-11-18T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2010-11-18T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T15:52:00","slug":"economists-save-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/11\/18\/economists-save-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Economists save the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/markets\/2010\/11\/17\/gung-ho-about-cap-and-trade\/\">Why are we so &#8220;gung-ho&#8221; about cap and trade?<\/a> The term might be banned from Washington and much of our vocabulary at the moment, but it&#8217;s still far from a trick question.<\/p>\n<p>Call them <a title=\"Catch shares\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=69\">what<\/a> <a title=\"Center for Conservation Incentives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=117\">you<\/a> <a title=\"REDD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=54774\">want<\/a>, environmental markets are fundamentally the most scientifically sound, economically efficient, and often the only way forward.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/content_Images\/Markets_worldmap.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No wonder countries the world over are adopting or planning to adopt them.<\/p>\n<p>We are starting a new blog specifically focused on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/markets\">market forces<\/a> and why re-guiding them is the only solution to many of our environmental problems.<\/p>\n<p>Individual volunteerism won&#8217;t do. 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