Decarbonizing development : three steps to a zero-carbon future /
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Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank Group,
[2015]
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Series: | Climate change and development series
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Overview
- Planning for a Low-Carbon Future: What We Need to Do Now Depends on the End Goal
- Enabling the Transition with a Policy Package That Is Efficient, Acceptable, and Credible
- Managing the Transition: Protecting Poor People and Avoiding the Potential Pitfalls of Reforms
- In Conclusion
- References
- pt. I Planning for a Low-Carbon Future: What to Do Now Depends on the End Goal
- 1. Reducing Carbon Emissions to Zero
- Stabilizing the Climate Requires Zero Net Emissions
- Zero Net Emissions Requires Action on Four Fronts
- Notes
- References
- 2. Acting Sooner Rather than Later
- Feasible Really Means Cost-Effective
- Cost-Effectiveness Requires Early Action
- Costs of Early Action Should Be Modest
- Early Action Paths Are Prudent
- Notes
- References
- 3. Planning Ahead with an Eye on the End Goal
- Factor in Uncertainty, Disagreement, and Multiple Objectives
- Focus on What Is Urgent and Carries Co-Benefits
- Build Sectoral Pathways to Carbon Neutrality
- Annex 3A Tools to Develop Sectoral Pathways to Zero Emissions
- Notes
- References
- pt. II Enabling a Low-Carbon Transition: Prices and More
- 4. Getting Prices Right
- Necessary Step: Removing Fossil-Fuel Subsidies
- Economics of Carbon Prices---Pretty Straightforward
- Notes
- References
- 5. Building Policy Packages That Are Acceptable, Credible, and Effective
- Ensuring the Needed Technologies Are Available and Affordable
- Ensuring the Needed Infrastructure Is in Place
- Tackling Other Factors---Such as Behavior---That Reduce the Impact of Price Incentives
- Notes
- References
- 6. Getting the Finance Flowing
- Growing the Pie
- Greening the Pie
- Notes
- References
- pt. III Managing the Transition: Protecting the Poor and Avoiding the Potential Pitfalls of Reforms
- 7. Ensuring the Poor Benefit
- Direct Distributional Impacts of Right Pricing---Possibly Positive?
- Revenue Recycling Enables Redistribution and Allows for Pro-Poor Climate Policies
- Managing Perceived Impacts
- Land-Use-Based Mitigation---Impacts Depend on Design
- Notes
- References
- 8. Smoothing the Transition to Make It Happen
- Managing Concentrated Losses
- Managing the Fears of Competitiveness Loss
- Managing the Risk of Government Failures
- Notes.