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Energy transition: The race between technology and political backlash

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  • Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

    (International Monetary Fund)

  • Gregor Schwerhoff

    (International Monetary Fund)

  • Antonio Spilimbergo

    (International Monetary Fund)

Abstract

The green transition faces old and new challenges. Old challenges include insufficient domestic action and challenging international coordination. New challenges include the quest for energy security and the rising threat of geoeconomic fragmentation, the political backlash against climate policies, and a slowing growth prospect. At the same time, technological progress has been faster than expected. The success of the green transition depends on the outcome of the race between technological progress and rising inward-looking policies. Energy security and green transition are mutually reinforcing provided clear policy directions are given. The challenge is to pursue collaboration to exploit technological progress in a world at risk of fragmentation.

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  • Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas & Gregor Schwerhoff & Antonio Spilimbergo, 2024. "Energy transition: The race between technology and political backlash," Working Paper Series WP24-4, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:iie:wpaper:wp24-4
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    Keywords

    climate policy; energy security; innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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