Green Credit for Green Growth

On Jan 15th I heard the Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP talk about the role of the Treasury in 21st Century Britain. At the Royal Society of the Arts, Commerce and Manufacture (RSA) a packed audience laughed when I offered copies of Dr. Yunus’ book for his staff. I took the Chancellor by his words: he wants to create cultural change, and sustainability will be at the heart of the next budget, he said.

Here’s what I shall send him as a first reading installment:

1. a cover letter
2. The Role of the Treasury in 21st Century Britain - Advocating the Use of the People’s Credit since 2002 - referring to
   • Sovereignty and Seignorage - the response to the Legal and Economic Challenge of Climate Change addressed by the Environmental Law Foundation
   • Green Credit for Green Purposes - our submission to the inquiry into the Stern Report by the Treasury Select Committee
   • From Green Stick Taxation to Green Carrot Funding - a Supplementary Memo to the Treasury Select Committee
   • Green Credit for Green Growth - the response to a Call for Concepts by UNDP - the United Nations Development Program on how to finance national needs for adaptation to climate change. This was discussed at the UN conference on climate change in Bali, 8 December 2007.
3. Fantasy Island - Waking up to the incredible economic, political and social illusions of the Blair legacy - the sad state of 21st Century Britain
4. Creating a World without Poverty - Social Business and the Future of Capitalism - the optimistic solution to the growth dilemma and the call for an enlightenment of capitalism.