A program for building a global clean energy economy while expanding job opportunities and economic well being In order to control climate change the International Panel on Climate Change IPCC estimates that greenhouse gas emissions will need to fall by about forty percent by 2030 Achieving the target goals will be highly challenging Yet in Greening the Global Economy economist Robert Pollin shows that they are attainable through steady large scale investments totaling about 1 5 percent of global GDP on an annual basis in both energy efficiency and clean renewable energy sources Not only that Pollin argues that with the right investments these efforts will expand employment and drive economic growth Drawing on years of research Pollin explores all aspects of the problem how much energy will be needed in a range of industrialized and developing economies what efficiency targets should be and what kinds of industrial policy will maximize investment and support private and public partnerships in green growth so that a clean energy transformation can unfold without broad subsidies All too frequently inaction on climate change is blamed on its potential harm to the economy Pollin shows greening the economy is not only possible but necessary global econom
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Editorial: Mit Press
ISBN: 9780262028233
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 176
Tiempo de lectura:
3h 34m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 13/11/2015
Año de edición: 2015
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Escrito por Robert Pollin
Robert Pollin (Washington D.C., 1950) es profesor de Economía en la Universidad de Massachusetts-Amherst, en la que fundó y codirige el Instituto de Investigación de Economía Política. Crítico implacable del neoliberalismo, se ha especializado en el estudio de las relaciones entre la industria energética y la crisis medioambiental.