COVID-19 and EU Climate Targets: Can We Now Go Further?

doi:10.1007/s10640-020-00476-3

	COVID-19 and EU Climate Targets: Can We Now Go Further?
	Meles, Tensay Hadush; Ryan, Lisa; Wheatley, Joe
	2020-08
发表期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
ISSN	0924-6460
EISSN	1573-1502
摘要	This paper examines the implications of the COVID-19 crisis on the 2030 EU CO(2)emissions target, considering a range of economic growth scenarios. With lower economic activity resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, we find that existing climate policy measures could overshoot the current 40% EU target in 2030. If policymakers consequently relax climate policy measures to maintain the 2030 target, the opportunity will be missed to align EU climate policy with longer-term Paris emissions mitigation goals. Our analysis highlights that although existing climate policy measures will likely reduce emissions more than 40% by 2030 in the wake of the pandemic, they will not be enough to meet the Paris agreement. More stringent measures, such as those proposed under the Green New Deal, will still be needed and may be less costly than previously estimated.
关键词	Climate change policy Greenhouse gas emissions Economic recovery COVID-19 economic effects Energy demand
DOI	10.1007/s10640-020-00476-3
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Economics ; Environmental Studies
出版者	SPRINGER
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文献类型	期刊论文
专题	新冠肺炎循证社会科学证据集成
作者单位	Univ Coll Dublin
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Meles, Tensay Hadush,Ryan, Lisa,Wheatley, Joe. COVID-19 and EU Climate Targets: Can We Now Go Further?[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS,2020.
APA	Meles, Tensay Hadush,Ryan, Lisa,&Wheatley, Joe.(2020).COVID-19 and EU Climate Targets: Can We Now Go Further?.ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS.
MLA	Meles, Tensay Hadush,et al."COVID-19 and EU Climate Targets: Can We Now Go Further?".ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS (2020).

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