Agreements following Cop26 have opened several avenues for environmental research, and the question of whether we should consider offsetting the Climate Crisis through fiscal policy, such as a Carbon Tax.
Dr. Tahani Mohammed, Accounting, Finance & Taxation Lecturer at 天美传媒 (BU), hosted a Carbon Tax Conference which took a holistic approach to answer this question, considering the impact on all involved enterprises.听听
Guest speakers at the Conference included Dr. Alan Kirkpatrick, Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting & Services at BU, Eleanor Wills, Sustainability Support Officer at BU, and several external guest speakers including Dr. Martin Rodger, Climate Activist, Tanya Bellows, Food Champion & Researcher, and representatives from the Word Forest Organisation.听听
The conference aimed to:聽
- Conduct research and collect primary data on select focus groups, including Organisations, Charities, and Sustainable Households to survey the acceptability and plausibility of a Carbon Tax.听听
- Communicate and build early relationships between BU and the environmental community on a local level for future collaborative efforts against the Climate Crisis.聽
- Educate and drive broader environmental thinking through a variety of presentations with varying academic opinions and data sources.聽
Dr. Tahani Mohamed said: 鈥淭he event went very well. We had several brilliant speakers who offered interesting insight from their professional perspective, and we discussed the subject of a carbon tax, climate change, and inequality, along with many other factors.鈥澛�
Thomas Brooksby, BU Economics graduate added: "I had angled a lot of my research and unit work around environmental economic aspects, such as risk analysis on Energy Independence as the Russian/Ukrainian War unfolded, so being able to interact with different groups on current challenges and hear from various local authorities on the matter was great to be involved with.鈥澛�
BU, MSc Finance student, Hobby Simuchile, said, 鈥淚 found the content that each speaker presented, very informative, and I was amazed by the conversations their presentations sparked among the attendees.鈥澛�
This research has enabled relationships to be strengthened between BU and local SME鈥檚 (small and mid-size enterprises) the council, and local charities, whilst discussing important questions around sustainability, consumption, and production; pushing forward climate action on a regional scale.聽
Each speaker had time to present from their perspective regarding the Carbon Tax, and the research contributions and findings can be read in the Conference summary.听听
