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Andrew Sissons

Why we shouldn’t worry about borrowing to tackle climate change

Even if you care about fiscal sustainability and nothing else, the case for government investment in climate change is overwhelming.

8 min read5 days ago

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Why we shouldn’t worry about borrowing to tackle climate change

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Andrew Sissons

Lots of little things: what if there are no big answers to productivity growth?

One of the core problems with UK policy-making is that it is dominated by a quest for big, elegant, all-solving ideas that can fix…

9 min readMar 5, 2024

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Why a carbon tax cannot be the only solution to climate change

Economics has always had a fairly straightforward solution to climate change: a carbon tax. If you raise the price of carbon to its…

10 min readFeb 22, 2024

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All you can heat

How has heat decarbonisation policy changed in 2023?

The last few months of 2023 have been a busy time for heat decarbonisation policy. From Rishi Sunak’s big net zero speech in September —…

7 min readDec 19, 2023

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How has heat decarbonisation policy changed in 2023?

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Andrew Sissons

How to make the positive case for higher taxes

The next UK government will have to raise taxes. In fact, the current UK government is already raising taxes quite substantially. Despite…

7 min readNov 24, 2023

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How to make the positive case for higher taxes

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All you can heat

The three phases of the heat transition

The UK is in the early stages of a heat transition. Most of us currently use fossil fuel boilers to heat our homes, and we need to replace…

5 min readNov 23, 2023

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The three phases of the heat transition

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Andrew Sissons

Should we value time instead of money?

As someone who lives in one of the wealthiest times and places in human history, there is one thing I want more of more than anything else…

5 min readNov 17, 2023

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Should we value time instead of money?

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How higher interest rates could slow our journey to net zero

The transition to net zero requires us to spend a huge amount of capital — building renewables, upgrading the electricity grid, switching…

7 min readJul 22, 2023

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How higher interest rates could slow our journey to net zero

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All you can heat

Direct Air Capture

Should we offset emissions from gas boilers instead of decarbonising them? (Spoiler: NO!)

7 min readJul 10, 2023

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Direct Air Capture

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Andrew Sissons

Solving the multi-benefit problem

Why don’t we plant more trees in our cities and countryside? Why don’t we insulate our homes more?

6 min readApr 28, 2023

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Solving the multi-benefit problem

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Andrew Sissons

Andrew Sissons

I write for Nesta’s All You Can Heat by day, and am writing the What Would Make Life Better? series by night. With occasional economic history thrown in too!

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