Achieving a low-carbon society |
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| Authors: | John Reilly |
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| Institution: | 1. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change , 400 Main Street, E19-429L, Cambridge , MA , 02139 , USA jreilly@mit.edu |
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| Abstract: | Climate change is perhaps the central challenge that faces humanity. If the concept of green growth is to be anything more than a mere rebranding of the concept of sustainability, then it must elucidate the relationship between economic activity and pollution and provide a more detailed economic account of it. The articles in this Special Issue focus on ways in which GHG emissions may be reduced while satisfying the increasing demand for energy: from global, technological or economic solutions, to sub-national, financial or regulatory ones. Although the wide disparity in income between the least and most wealthy makes it difficult to reach a consensus on the best way to achieve a low-carbon society, the scale and potential effects of climate change make it imperative that one is reached. |
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| Keywords: | climate change climate policy options emissions reduction target low-carbon society scenario modelling |
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