Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Tariq Banuri and Tariq Banuri

Working Papers from United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs

Abstract: This paper argues that in the future the primary focus of policy research and global agreements should be the de-carbonization of economic development. Consequently, instead of treating climate stabilization and economic development as separate and equal, the strategy should be to re-integrate the two global policy goals, in part by separating responsibility (and funding) from action. This will require an approach that goes beyond Kyoto. The paper invokes the example of the Manhattan Project to argue for a massive, globally funded public investment program for the deployment of renewable energy technologies in developing countries.

Keywords: carbon emissions; climate change; sustainable development; international cooperation; mitigation; adaptation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F59 H23 H87 Q51 Q54 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2007-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ene, nep-env and nep-ppm
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