Did COVID-19 accelerate the green transition?

Fiscal spending policies adopted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have been presented as a unique opportunity to “build back better” and re-ignite the economy while accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy. This paper analyses 1 166 funding measures announced by 51 countries and the E...

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Published in:OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers Technology and Industry Policy Papers, 2023-06
Main Authors: Aulie, Frida, Dechezleprêtre, Antoine, Galindo-Rueda, Fernando, Kögel, Clara, Pitavy, Inès, Vitkova, Alzbeta
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Carbon sequestration
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Emissions
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description Fiscal spending policies adopted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have been presented as a unique opportunity to “build back better” and re-ignite the economy while accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy. This paper analyses 1 166 funding measures announced by 51 countries and the European Union in 2020-21 to support development and diffusion of low-carbon technologies. These measures – amounting to USD 1.29 trillion – can make an important contribution to filling the climate investment gap, particularly in emerging technologies such as carbon capture, usage and storage and green hydrogen. A modelling analysis suggests that they could have large impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and bring about significant co-benefits in terms of clean sectors’ output growth and reductions in fossil fuel imports.
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Sustainable development
Technology
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