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How should support for climate-friendly technologies be designed?

Carolyn Fischer¹, Asbjørn Torvanger, Manish Kumar Shrivastava

¹Resources for the Future, Washington, DC 20036, USA. fischer@rff.org

|February 9, 2012

Summary

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Achieving global decarbonization requires multifaceted policies supporting technological and behavioral shifts. Key strategies include pricing carbon emissions, removing subsidies, and investing in research, development, and demonstration (RD&D).

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science and Policy
Climate Change Mitigation
Energy Economics

Background:

Stabilizing global greenhouse gas concentrations necessitates significant economic decarbonization.
Addressing climate risks requires substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon sequestration.
Large-scale emissions reductions depend on diverse policy efforts fostering technological and behavioral changes.

Purpose of the Study:

To outline core principles for designing effective clean technology policies, focusing on the energy sector.
To leverage social science research for guiding policy development in climate change mitigation.
To identify strategies for encouraging market-based solutions and targeted interventions.

Main Methods:

Analysis of social science research on policy design.
Identification of core principles for clean technology policy.
Focus on energy sector applications and market mechanisms.

Main Results:

Recommends market-based approaches: carbon pricing and removal of distorting subsidies.
Advocates for broad support of research, development, and demonstration (RD&D).
Suggests tailored policies for specific market failures and desirable technologies.

Conclusions:

Effective clean technology policy requires a combination of market incentives and targeted support.
Sound strategies are crucial for achieving the scale of change needed for decarbonization.
Policy design should encourage both broad market participation and focused RD&D investment.