The Economic and Institutional Foundations of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change: The Political Economy of Roadmaps to a Sustainable Electricity Future

Cooper, Mark

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2722880

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“…5,22 Nuclear and coal-CCS may also represent opportunity costs in terms of their direct energy costs and in terms of their time lag between planning and operation relative to WWS. 5,[22][23][24][25] Moreover, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 24 p. 517) concludes that there is ''robust evidence'' and ''high agreement'' that ''Barriers to and risks associated with an increasing use of nuclear energy include operational risks and the associated safety concerns, uranium mining risks, financial and regulatory risks, unresolved waste management issues, nuclear weapons proliferation concerns, and adverse public opinion.'' As such, expanding the use of nuclear to countries where it does not exist may increase weapons proliferation and meltdown risks.…”

Section: Context and Scalementioning

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100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World

Jacobson

Delucchi

Bauer

et al. 2017

Joule

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We develop energy roadmaps to significantly slow global warming and nearly eliminate air-pollution mortality in 139 countries. These plans call for electrifying all energy sectors (transportation, heating/cooling, industry, agriculture/forestry/ fishing) and providing the electricity with 100% wind, water, and solar (WWS) power. Fully implementing the roadmaps by 2050 avoids 1.5 C global warming and millions of deaths from air pollution annually; creates 24.3 million net new long-term, full-time jobs; reduces energy costs to society; reduces power requirements 42.5%; reduces power disruption; and increases worldwide access to energy.

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Section: Context and Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World

Jacobson

Delucchi

Bauer

et al. 2017

Joule

829

383

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“…The Paris Agreement reached at the 21st Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC in 2015 signifies an increased global commitment to address climate change, as countries agreed to establish legally binding constraints on GHG emissions that aim to contain average global temperature rise by the use of a mixed market approach that induces both introduction of clean energy and conservation (Cooper 2016). All parties recognize the urgency of establishing adaptation strategies, especially to protect the poor and the vulnerable.…”

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A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and Its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debates

Lipper¹,

Zilberman

2017

Natural Resource Management and Policy

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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an approach to guide the management of agriculture in the era of climate change. The concept was first launched in 2009, and since then has been reshaped through inputs and interactions of multiple stakeholders involved in developing and implementing the concept. CSA aims to provide globally applicable principles on managing agriculture for food security under climate change that could provide a basis for policy support and recommendations by multilateral organizations, such as UN's FAO. The major features of the CSA approach were developed in response to limitations in the international climate policy arena in the understanding of agriculture's role in food security and its potential for capturing synergies between adaptation and mitigation. Recent controversies which have arisen over CSA are rooted in longstanding debates in both the climate and sustainable agricultural development policy spheres. These include the role of developing countries, and specifically their agricultural sectors, in reducing global GHG emissions, as well as the choice of technologies which may best promote sustainable forms of agriculture. Since the term ʻCSA' was widely adopted before the development of a formal conceptual frame and tools to implement the approach, there has been considerable variation in meanings applied to the term, which also contributed to controversies. As the body of work on the concept, methods, tools and applications of the CSA approach expands, it is becoming clearer what it can offer. Ultimately, CSA's utility will be judeged by its effectiveness in integrating climate change response into sustainable agricultural development strategies on the ground.

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“…. .there is virtually no history of nuclear construction under the economic and institutional circumstances that prevail throughout much of Europe and the United States," and Cooper (19), who compared decarbonization scenarios, concluded, "Neither fossil fuels with CCS or nuclear power enters the least-cost, low-carbon portfolio. assumed added to existing reservoirs to increase their peak instantaneous discharge rate without increasing their annual energy consumption, a solution not previously considered.…”

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The United States can keep the grid stable at low cost with 100% clean, renewable energy in all sectors despite inaccurate claims

Jacobson

Delucchi

Cameron

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The Economic and Institutional Foundations of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change: The Political Economy of Roadmaps to a Sustainable Electricity Future

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World

100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World

A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and Its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debates

The United States can keep the grid stable at low cost with 100% clean, renewable energy in all sectors despite inaccurate claims

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