Can Green Sustain Growth? From the Religion to the Reality of Sustainable Prosperity
Can Green Sustain Growth? From the Religion to the Reality of Sustainable Prosperity
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Abstract
Green growth promises to transform climate change mitigation from a problem to an economic sure thing. By making investment in energy efficiency and low-emissions energy the foundation of a new industrial revolution, green growth promises to relieve the intractable conflict between high-carbon losers and low-carbon winners. This book addresses the challenges and opportunities for green growth. Advocates for green growth have yet to show how investments in emissions reduction translate into improvements in economic productivity. As the first half of this book illustrates, most green growth successes so far face limits to their ability to generate sustained economic improvement. We propose that real green growth must focus on how a low-carbon energy systems transformation will create growth in the broader economy. Previous transformations, in coal, oil, or electricity, drove growth primarily via the new kinds of production they made possible in the economy writ large. Whether low-carbon energy may do the same remains unclear. The second half addresses how we might discover these transformative gains. We introduce the idea of a “green spiral”, in which early policy action creates supportive constituencies with an economic stake in further progress towards a low-emissions energy system. Country case studies illustrate the potential for this feedback loop to operate in different national contexts. With this action occurring despite little progress on a global climate deal, we conclude that an international climate change treaty may be the product, not the start, of effective national action on emissions reduction.
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Front Matter
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I. Framing the Debate: Green Growth and the Transformation of the Energy Systems
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From Religion to Reality: Energy Systems Transformation for Sustainable Prosperity
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Motivating Green Growth: The Political Economy of Energy Systems Transformation
Mark Huberty
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The Green Growth Landscape: Promise and Peril for Green Growth Policy Proposals
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Venture Capital and Clean Technology
Martin Kenney andAndrew Hargadon
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From Religion to Reality: Energy Systems Transformation for Sustainable Prosperity
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II. Framing the Debate: The “Green Spiral” and the Politics of the Energy System Transformation
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The Green Spiral
Nina Kelsey andJohn Zysman
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Denmark: A Classic Case of a Green Spiral
Jakob Riiskjaer Nygård
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The European Union: Green Growth without Borders: Transnational Energy Systems and the Politics of Transformation
Mark Huberty
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The United States: Local Green Spirals, National Ambiguity
Nina Kelsey and others
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Japan: Paragon of Energy Efficiency, Green Growth Laggard
Brian Woodall
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Korea: From Authoritarian to Authoritative: The Path from Heavy Industry to Green Growth
Irene Choi
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China: Green Industry Growth in a Brown Economy
Crystal Chang andHuan Gao
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Brazil: Disentangling Green Industry from Brown Consequences
Benjamin S. Allen
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India: Can Green Be a First-Best Development Solution for Developing Countries?
Jayant Sathaye andJuliana Mandell
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The Green Spiral
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III. Conclusion
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End Matter
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