| Titre : | Peace not Pollution : How Going Green Can Tackle Both Climate Change and Toxic Politics |
| Auteurs : | Christian Gollier, Éditeur scientifique ; Dominic Rohner, Éditeur scientifique |
| Type de document : | Ouvrages |
| Editeur : | London : Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 2023 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-912179-74-9 |
| Format : | 227 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > politique économique [Eurovoc] ÉNERGIE [Eurovoc] ENVIRONNEMENT > politique de l'environnement > politique de l'environnement > économie verte [Eurovoc] ENVIRONNEMENT > politique de l'environnement > politique en matière de changement climatique |
| Résumé : |
There is growing awareness worldwide of the existential threat posed by climate change and the need for a green transition. Yet, specific ecological policy proposals are routinely rejected by large segments of the population. As argued in this 21-chapter strong eBook, while this may be partly due to freeriding or the utopic hope of saving the planet without sacrifices, a key role is also played by the fact that policy proposals are often badly communicated and ignore political economy incentives and adverse distributional effects. Yet, unintended distributional impacts of green taxes are by no means unavoidable, as a clever design can make any levy progressive. For example, a carbon tax with a targeted redistribution of the ‘carbon dividend’ is able to fight both climate change and inequality, without increasing the total tax burden.
Another overlooked political economy aspect of the green transition are price effects. As highlighted in the eBook, relying solely on supply-side policies (say, banning fossil fuels) triggers energy price spikes, which serve as ammunition for populists. In contrast, supplementing supply-side measures with carbon taxation and/or policies that curb energy demand (Part I of the book) and boost green energy supply (Part II) ensures a macroeconomic market equilibrium with moderate energy prices that supports popular acceptance (Part III). Finally, our fatal fossil fuel addiction has grim political consequences, ranging from galloping corruption and mismanagement to domestic and international warfare. Several chapters of Part IV study how the green transition can detoxify politics and how best to manage mineral needs for renewable energy. Core policy principles are elaborated that make sure that green energy does not entail the same ‘resource curse’ as fossil fuels. The stakes could hardly be higher – a well- designed green energy transition yields the double- dividend of saving the environment and fostering peace and sound governance. |
| Note de contenu : |
Part I. Curbing energy demand
Part II. Boosting green energy supply by decarbonising electricity Part III. The macroeconomics of the green transition Part IV. Political economics of green energy |
| En ligne : | https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/peace-not-pollution-how-going-green-can-tackle-climate-change-and |
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