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

Mariana Mirabile and Jennifer Calder
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Mariana Mirabile: OECD
Jennifer Calder: OECD

No 140, OECD Environment Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Coal; Electricity Sector; Environment; Gas; Just transition; Political economy; Renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L94 O13 P48 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12-03
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