Title The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions / Douglas Arendt, Channing Arndt, Mackay Miller, Finn Tarp, Owen Zinaman

Published Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (631 pages) Series WIDER Studies in Development Economics Studies in development economics. Contents Cover; The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Part I: The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions; 1: Introduction and Synthesis; 1.1 Motivation; 1.2 A New Era; 1.3 Technology Drivers; 1.4 Challenges in Developing Versus Developed Economies; 1.5 This Book; 1.6 Looking Forward; References; 2: The History and Politics of Energy Transitions: Comparing Contested Views and Finding Common Ground; 2.1 Introduction 2.2 One Side: Energy Transitions Are Long, Protracted Affairs; 2.2.1 History Shows Major Transitions Taking Decades to Centuries; 2.2.2 Analysts Need to Focus on the Big Picture; 2.2.3 ̀Path Dependency ́and ̀Lock-In ́Make Future Transitions Difficult; 2.3 The Other Side: Energy Transitions Can Happen Quickly; 2.3.1 History Shows Speedy Transitions in Energy End-Use Devices; 2.3.2 Fast Transitions in National Energy Supply Have Occurred; 2.3.3 Future Energy Transitions Can Be Expedited; 2.4 Conclusions: Energy Transitions Are Path Dependent and Cumulative; References; Part II: Climate Policy 3: Carbon Pricing under Political Constraints: Insights for Accelerating Clean Energy Transitions; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Carbon Pricing in Theory and Practice; 3.3 Model and Scenario Implementation; 3.3.1 Model Formulation; 3.3.2 Political Economy Constraint Scenarios and Analytical Solutions; 3.4 Results; 3.4.1 Direct Constraint on the CO2 Price; 3.4.2 Constraint on Final Energy Price Increases; 3.4.3 Constraints on Net Energy Consumer and Fossil Producer Surplus Loss; 3.4.4 Disposition of Welfare; 3.5 Conclusion and Implications for Policy and Research; References 4: Border Adjustment Mechanisms: Elements for Economic, Legal, and Political Analysis; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 BCA Implementation; 4.2.1 Which Regulating Instrument(s)?; 4.2.2 How to Evaluate the Carbon Content of Imported Products?; 4.2.3 Which Countries Would Be Affected?; 4.2.4 Which Flows?; 4.3 Bcas and International Trade Law; 4.3.1 Challenging a BCA under the GATT Principle of Non-Discrimination; 4.3.2 Resorting to the GATT General Exceptions Regarding Health and Environment Protection; 4.4 The Political Implementation of Bcas in the Context of Energy Transition 4.4.1 Energy Transition, BCAs, and Developing Economies; 4.4.2 BCAs, an Available Tool to Reshape the World; 4.5 CONCLUSION; Acknowledgements; References; 5: Support Policies for Renewables: Instrument Choice and Instrument Change from a Public Choice Perspective; 5.1 The Energy Transition as a Political Challenge; 5.2 Support for Renewables as a Solution to Crucial Climate and Energy Policy Challenges; 5.2.1 The Problem of Instrument Choice; 5.2.2 Germanyś Support Policies for Renewables; 5.3 The Long-Run Perspective: How to Integrate Renewables in Energy Markets? 5.3.1 The Problem of Instrument Change Summary A volume on the political economy of clean energy transition in developed and developing regions, with a focus on the issues that different countries face as they transition from fossil fuels to lower carbon technologies Analysis ghg emissions global emissions political economy policy experimentation clean energy transition climate change cop21 unfccc Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Energy development. Renewable energy sources -- Economic aspects Energy policy. Renewable energy sources. Development economics and emerging economies Mod Development economics and emerging economies. Economics, finance, business and management. Economics. Environmental economics. Political economy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Energy development Energy policy Renewable energy sources -- Economic aspects Form Electronic book Author Arndt, Channing, author. Miller, Mackay, author. Tarp, Finn, 1951- author. Zinaman, Owen, author. LC no. 2016953859 ISBN 9780191840586 0191840580 9780192523006 0192523007 9780198802242 0198802242

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