The Macroeconomics of Decarbonisation: Implications and Policies

by Gregory Claeys and Guntram B. Wolff

Decarbonisation is the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions using low carbon power sources, lowering output of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. This is essential to meet global temperature standards set by international climate agreements. To limit global warming to 1.5 C, hence avoiding the worst-case scenarios predicted by climate science, the world economy must rapidly reduce its emissions and reach climate neutrality within the next three...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009438395
• ISBN13: 9781009438391
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"