The article provides a critique of British environmental policy, focusing in particular on the role of sustainable development as an organizing principle, the use of cost?benefit analysis (CBA) and economic instruments, and the design of the institutions responsible for implementing policy. It...

While the scientific evidence for climate change grows, the policy responses have so far had little or no impact on the build-up of emissions. Current trends in emissions are adverse. The paper considers why the disconnect between science and policy exists and, in particular, why the Kyoto...

Recent events, such as the California energy crisis, the failures of the UK's railways, and the consequences of the third-generation (3G) mobile licence auctions, have called into question the European reliance on a strategy of network industry liberalization. Substantial concentration in energy...