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Pannell Discussions » 277 – Perfection isn’t best

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276 – MOOC. 278 – Global wealth inequality ». 277 – Perfection isn’t best. In whatever work we do, a common challenge is deciding how much effort to devote to a particular task. Additional effort will usually generate more output or better-quality output, but at what point does the cost of extra effort outweigh the benefits? It might be a lower point than you think. Figure 1. A production function for fertiliser applied to a wheat crop. Figure 2 shows the farmer’s revenue from the harvested wheat crop an...

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Pannell Discussions » Environment

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292 – Walking the Thames Path. 13 June, 2016 – 11:00 pm. My wife is a keen walker and has been angling to get me to do a long walking holiday with her for years. I finally said I’d do it, provided we avoid hills. She chose the Thames Path, which is not only flat, but also supremely beautiful and really interesting. To Cricklade. The path departs from the Thames for a bit and takes us between a series of man-made lakes, which are the result of old gravel mining. I saw an otter in one of them! To Newbridge...

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Pannell Discussions » 273 – Behaviour change comes in pairs

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272 – Additionality. 274 – Tokenistic policies ». 273 – Behaviour change comes in pairs. Some key factors that drive adoption of new practices come in pairs: one aspect related to the performance of the new practice, and one aspect related to how much people care about that performance. Many models of adoption miss this, including famous ones. However, it is less often recognised that there are two aspects to each of these goals when looking at a new practice:. The extent to which the new practice would ...

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Pannell Discussions » 276 – MOOC

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275 – Grammar tip: hyphens. 277 – Perfection isn’t best ». 276 – MOOC. A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course . They are free to enrol in, and they are very popular, often attracting thousands of participants. I’ve prepared a MOOC on Agriculture, Economics and Nature , for which registrations are now open. To do the course, or perhaps recommending it to others. You can join the 1000 people from about 50 countries who have already registered. It doesn’t require any prior knowledge of agriculture or of eco...

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Pannell Discussions » 272 – Additionality

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271 – 10 years of blogging. 273 – Behaviour change comes in pairs ». 272 – Additionality. Additionality is an important criterion to consider when a funding agency is selecting which projects to support. It is relevant to many different types of projects, including, for example, those related to the environment, agricultural production, natural resources and health promotion. Additionality is like that. It’s about asking, what will happen if we don’t fund this project? The additionality of tens of billio...

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Pannell Discussions » Natural resource management

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Category Archives: Natural resource management. 290 – Advice for successful agri-environmental policy. 12 May, 2016 – 9:00 am. The book is available for sale or free download here. Agri-environmental programs should aim to avoid paying farmers for undertaking actions that they would have done in any case. In other words, managers need to evaluate whether the benefits generated by a program investment are ‘additional’. Continuation after investment ends:. Balancing small, moderate and large projects:.

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Here is a chronological list of past Pannell Discussions. 11/07/16: 294 – Slovakia. 20/06/16: 293 – Beatles tourism. 13/06/16: 292 – Walking the Thames Path. 09/06/16: 291 – The Swinford Toll Bridge. 12/05/16: 290 – Advice for successful agri-environmental policy. 07/03/16: 289 – Interpreting evidence through an ideological lens. 27/01/16: 288 – Bowie albums ranked. 16/11/15: 287 – Farmers like trees. 09/11/15: 286 – Marine reserves and tourism benefits. 14/09/15: 282 – MOOC reflections. 17/03/14: 262 &#...

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Pannell Discussions » 274 – Tokenistic policies

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273 – Behaviour change comes in pairs. 275 – Grammar tip: hyphens ». 274 – Tokenistic policies. Many government actions are tokenistic. They are too small to really make a difference, but they are pursued anyway. Why do governments do this, and how do they get away with it without provoking public anger? Listening to ABC Radio National’s breakfast program this week, I heard an interesting interview with Professor Hugh White. What struck me about this argument was its similarity to my own argument about s...

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Pannell Discussions » Water

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292 – Walking the Thames Path. 13 June, 2016 – 11:00 pm. My wife is a keen walker and has been angling to get me to do a long walking holiday with her for years. I finally said I’d do it, provided we avoid hills. She chose the Thames Path, which is not only flat, but also supremely beautiful and really interesting. To Cricklade. The path departs from the Thames for a bit and takes us between a series of man-made lakes, which are the result of old gravel mining. I saw an otter in one of them! To Newbridge...

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Pannell Discussions » 161 – Climate policy: an alternative approach

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160 – Tokenistic climate policy. 162 – CSIRO and the Clive Spash controversy ». 161 – Climate policy: an alternative approach. In Pannell Discussion 160. I argued that the current global approach to policy for climate change mitigation is doomed to fail. What’s the alternative? An exception to this is the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. 8220;Rather than focusing on emissions reduction targets and timetables, the new framework makes rapid reductions in the real, unsubsidized cos...