Clean air isn’t freeLifting the ban on Euro 5 diesel vehicles is good for the communityPostponing the ban by a year is a sensible stopgap measure: the difference in environmental damage between Euro 5 and Euro 6 is minimal, whilst changing cars or extending journeys entails a tangible cost. European policy on emission limits still needs to be revised.byFrancesco Ramella30 SEP 26
Fewer stamps, fewer trainsAbolishing the car tax by cutting rail spending increases the collective benefitsGiven the failure of modal shift policies over the past decade, a thorough spending review of the railways would seem appropriatebyFrancesco Ramella18 SEP 26
The analysisTo tackle the heat, we need fewer (but more effective) rules and more researchThe climate is changing, but societies’ ability to adapt has grown enormously: less scaremongering and more realism to understand what really works. Between carbon pricing, innovation and investment, the solution lies in less bureaucracy and more researchbyFrancesco Ramella19 AUG 26
