My Goal – Connecting Climate and Economics
To address climate change, the world needs to move away from fossil fuels to renewable energy systems. This is complex, because it involves switching whole systems of production and consumption based on fossil fuels towards cleaner and greener activities. In this series of blogs I look at the energy transition through an analytical economic lens and ask what needs to be done to achieve Net Zero by 2050 and how policies can incentivise a shift of capital into clean energy systems. The intention is to add value and context to the wealth of commentary on the global challenge of achieving the 2015 Paris Agreement goals, to limit planetary warming and its impacts.
Latest posts
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UK should tighten rather than loosen climate targets when these are overachieved to lock in climate wins?
“Instead of loosening climate targets when Carbon Budgets are overachieved, the government should double down on mitigation efforts to lock in climate wins” UK greenhouse gas emissions came in lower than target in 2018-2022 covering… Read more
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Economics of networks
“Policy should be geared towards raising expectations that the electric car transition will happen quickly. Because of herd behaviour, such expectations can become self-fulfilling.“ The economics of network goods has been overlooked in UK policy… Read more
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A Systems approach to EV Transition
“Breaking the unvirtuous cycle of ‘low demand-low investment’ requires government to kickstart and remain active stake holders in the new infrastructure to transition not leave this to private markets to sort out.” Solving climate change… Read more
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