The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions
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The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions. / Arendt, D. (Editor); Arndt, Channing (Editor); Miller, M. (Editor); Tarp, Finn (Editor); Zinaman, O. (Editor).
Oxford University Press, 2017. 594 p. (WIDER Studies in Development Economics).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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TY - BOOK
T1 - The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions
A2 - Arendt, D.
A2 - Arndt, Channing
A2 - Miller, M.
A2 - Tarp, Finn
A2 - Zinaman, O.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) shifted the nature of the political economy challenge associated with achieving a global emissions trajectory that is consistent with a climate. The shifts generated by CoP21 place country decision-making and country policies at centre stage. Under moderately optimistic assumptions concerning the vigour with which CoP21 objectives are pursued, nearly every country in the world will set about to design and implement the most promising and locally relevant policies for achieving their agreed contribution to global mitigation. These policies are virtually certain to vary dramatically across countries. In short, the world stands at the cusp of an unprecedented era of policy experimentation in driving a clean energy transition. This book steps into this new world of broad-scale and locally relevant policy experimentation. The chapters focus on the political economy of clean energy transition with an emphasis on specific issues encountered in both developed and developing countries. Lead authors contribute a broad diversity of experience drawn from all major regions of the world, representing a compendium of what has been learned from recent initiatives, mostly (but not exclusively) at country level, to reduce GHG emissions. As this new era of experimentation dawns, their contributions are both relevant and timely.
AB - The 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) shifted the nature of the political economy challenge associated with achieving a global emissions trajectory that is consistent with a climate. The shifts generated by CoP21 place country decision-making and country policies at centre stage. Under moderately optimistic assumptions concerning the vigour with which CoP21 objectives are pursued, nearly every country in the world will set about to design and implement the most promising and locally relevant policies for achieving their agreed contribution to global mitigation. These policies are virtually certain to vary dramatically across countries. In short, the world stands at the cusp of an unprecedented era of policy experimentation in driving a clean energy transition. This book steps into this new world of broad-scale and locally relevant policy experimentation. The chapters focus on the political economy of clean energy transition with an emphasis on specific issues encountered in both developed and developing countries. Lead authors contribute a broad diversity of experience drawn from all major regions of the world, representing a compendium of what has been learned from recent initiatives, mostly (but not exclusively) at country level, to reduce GHG emissions. As this new era of experimentation dawns, their contributions are both relevant and timely.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Climate change
KW - clean energy transition
KW - Political economy
KW - CoP21
KW - UNFCCC
KW - global emissions
KW - policy experimentation
KW - GHG emissions
U2 - 10.1093/oso/9780198802242.001.0001
DO - 10.1093/oso/9780198802242.001.0001
M3 - Book
SN - 9780198802242
T3 - WIDER Studies in Development Economics
BT - The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -
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