Rethinking climate policy : innovation and the economics of resource creation / Jean-Francois Mercure, Hector Pollitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mercure, Jean-François, Author.

Pollitt, Hector, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate change mitigation--Economic aspects.

Climate change mitigation.

Climate change mitigation--Government policy.

Environmental economics.

Environmental policy.

Energy policy.

Sustainable development.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Targets the general public and public policy-makers interested in better understanding the mechanisms of a zero-carbon economic transformation, and what works and doesn't work in climate policy. It offers an accessible coverage of how green innovation causes economic development, but risks creating inequalities and instabilities along the way"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : What is the economic challenge of climate action?

Seeking innovation, not optimality

Economic resources are created, not allocated

The transition in context : The six great waves of innovation

The lifecycle of products and sectors

The sunrise : A new technological constellation

The sunset : Deindustrialisation and post-industrial decline

The great transformation of our time

Instability is the true cost of the transition

Rethinking climate policy.

ISBN:

1-009-70839-2