The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions

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  • D. Arendt (Editor)
  • Channing Arndt (Editor)
  • M. Miller (Editor)
  • Tarp, Finn (Editor)
  • O. Zinaman (Editor)
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.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherOxford University Press
Number of pages594
ISBN (Print)9780198802242
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
SeriesWIDER Studies in Development Economics

    Research areas

  • Faculty of Social Sciences - Climate change, clean energy transition, Political economy, CoP21, UNFCCC, global emissions, policy experimentation, GHG emissions

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