Decarbonizing Development: Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

Author: 

Fay, Marianne | Hallegatte, Stephane | Kerr, Tom | Narloch, Ulf | Rozenberg, Julie | Vogt-Schilb, Adrien

Year: 
2015
Publisher: 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
Place: 
Washington, DC

The science is unequivocal: stabilizing climate change implies bringing net carbon emissions to zero. And this must be done by 2100 if we are to keep climate change anywhere near the 2 C. degree warming that world leaders have set as the maximum acceptable limit. Decarbonizing Development looks at what it would take to decarbonize the world economy by 2100 in a way that is compatible with countries’ broader development goals. It argues that the following are needed: Act early with an eye on the end-goal; Go beyond prices with a policy package that triggers changes in investment patterns, technologies and behaviors; Mind the political economy and smooth the transition for those who stand to be most affected.

ISBN: 
DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0479-3
Work regions: 
Global
Publication Type: 
Publication language: 
English
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