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Clean power for a cool planet: Electricity infrastructure plans and the Paris Agreement

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  • Mariana Mirabile

    (OECD)

  • Jennifer Calder

    (OECD)

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Meeting the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires a transformational change in our infrastructure systems. Given the long lifetime of infrastructure, there is an urgency to build more of the right type of it. The failure to do so will lock-in emissions for decades to come, or create stranded assets. This working paper aims to shed light on the extent to which current electricity generation projects under construction at the global level - the "pipeline" - are consistent with what a low-carbon transition requires.

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  • Mariana Mirabile & Jennifer Calder, 2018. "Clean power for a cool planet: Electricity infrastructure plans and the Paris Agreement," OECD Environment Working Papers 140, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaaa:140-en
    DOI: 10.1787/2dc84376-en
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    Keywords

    Coal; Electricity Sector; Environment; Gas; Just transition; Political economy; Renewable energy;
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    JEL classification:

    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy

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