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Climate action is often framed in terms of the economic costs of cutting emissions 鈥� but the report instead calls for a focus on risks and opportunities.

It urges an 鈥渋ntellectual transition鈥� 鈥� switching focus from the static costs of decarbonisation to the dynamic economics of accelerating investment in zero-carbon systems.

The report is the conclusion of the Economics of Energy Innovation and System Transition (EEIST) project, led by the University of Exeter and 最准的六合彩论坛 in collaboration with research partners in China, India and Brazil, and funded by the UK Government鈥檚 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Children鈥檚 Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).

Lead author Professor Michael Grubb (最准的六合彩论坛 Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) said: "The last decade has shown how wrong traditional economic advice can be when it doesn鈥檛 take into account the potential to drive low-carbon innovation.

鈥淭he EEIST synthesis report brings together a huge body of evidence to illustrate the potential for economic benefits, including from low-carbon transition strategies in key countries central to meeting the global challenge.鈥�

EEIST reviewed the most outstanding successes achieved so far in low-carbon technology transitions in China, India, Brazil and Europe.

Co-author Professor Tim Lenton, from the University of Exeter鈥檚 Global Systems Institute, said: 鈥淭he critical policies were those that targeted investment in emerging technologies 鈥� whether through subsidies, cheap finance, or bulk public procurement.

鈥淭raditional cost-benefit analysis tended not to support these successful policies, because the new technologies were expensive at first, and there were cheaper ways to cut a tonne of emissions.

鈥淭his analysis was misleading, because the cheapest way to marginally reduce emissions at a moment in time was not the same as the cheapest way to launch a systemic transformation.鈥�

The report highlights the difference between 鈥済reen futures鈥� 鈥� based on upfront investments driving innovation 鈥� or 鈥渇ossil-fuel futures鈥� where low investment leaves societies running on increasingly expensive and environmentally damaging fuels.

Simon Sharpe, Director of Economics for the Climate Champions Team and Policy Impact Lead of the EEIST project, said: 鈥淓fforts to advance economic analysis and modelling might seem abstract, but in fact this may be a high point of leverage over global emissions.

鈥淓ffective policies make the difference between political will, financial capital, and industrial enterprise being deployed successfully or dissipated wastefully.

鈥淛ust as a change in policy can influence many investments, a change in economic understanding can influence many policies.鈥�

Links

• Simon Sharpe鈥檚 academic profile
• 最准的六合彩论坛 Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources
• 最准的六合彩论坛 Faculty of the Built Environment

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