Greening the Global Economy Pollin Robert University of Massachusetts Amherst
Greening the Global Economy Pollin Robert University of Massachusetts Amherst A program for building a global clean energy economy while expanding job opportunities and economic well-being.In order…
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Greening the Global Economy Pollin Robert University of Massachusetts Amherst
A program for building a global clean energy economy while expanding job opportunities and economic well-being.In order to control climate change, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that greenhouse gas emissions will need to fall by about forty percent by 2030.Achieving the target goals will be highly challenging. Not only that: Pollin argues that with the right investments, these efforts will expand employment and drive economic growth.Drawing on years of research, Pollin explores all aspects of the problem: how much energy will be needed in a range of industrialized and Yet in Greening the Global Economy, economist Robert Pollin shows that they are attainable through steady, large-scale investments--totaling about 1.5 percent of global GDP on an annual basis--in both energy efficiency and clean renewable energy sources.