Rochedo, PRR;
Fragkos, P;
Garaffa, R;
Couto, LC;
Baptista, LB;
Cunha, BSL;
Schaeffer, R;
(2021)
Is Green Recovery Enough? Analysing the Impacts of Post-COVID-19 Economic Packages.
Energies
, 14
(17)
, Article 5567. 10.3390/en14175567.
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Abstract
Emissions pathways after COVID-19 will be shaped by how governments’ economic responses translate into infrastructure expansion, energy use, investment planning and societal changes. As a response to the COVID-19 crisis, most governments worldwide launched recovery packages aiming to boost their economies, support employment and enhance their competitiveness. Climate action is pledged to be embedded in most of these packages, but with sharp differences across countries. This paper provides novel evidence on the energy system and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions implications of post-COVID-19 recovery packages by assessing the gap between pledged recovery packages and the actual investment needs of the energy transition to reach the Paris Agreement goals. Using two well-established Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) and analysing various scenarios combining recovery packages and climate policies, we conclude that currently planned recovery from COVID-19 is not enough to enhance societal responses to climate urgency and that it should be significantly upscaled and prolonged to ensure compatibility with the Paris Agreement goals
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Is Green Recovery Enough? Analysing the Impacts of Post-COVID-19 Economic Packages |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/en14175567 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175567 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
| Keywords: | COVID-19; economic recovery; stimulus packages; climate scenarios; integrated assessment modelling |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10140467 |
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