Gernot Wagner of the Environmental Defense Fund looks at how far the standard economic model can go to avoid a head-on collision with the planet. Without overstretching his case here, he uses this presentation to serve as a reminder that in the end, it's scalability that counts and it's important to always try to pull the highest policy lever possible.
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Coalbed methane is an underappreciated problem of global steel production. While cutting methane emissions in the steel supply chain will not produce green steel overnight, it could reduce the sector’s emissions by the equivalent of a billion tons of carbon annually, and at little cost.
by Cody E. Finke, Theodore G. Albertson, Ian McKay, Aravindh Rajan, Eric McFarland, Annelise Gill-Wiehl, Daniel M. Kammen, and Gernot Wagner
Deutschland hat es versäumt, eine konsequente Energiepolitik für die Zukunft zu machen. Stattdessen lähmt eine übervorsichtige Industriepolitik den Wandel. So bleibt man abhängig – von China und den USA.
