A Greener Path to Competitiveness : Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products
The ninth Sustainable Development Goal advises countries to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. Industry has historically been one of the most important pillars of economic and...
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okr-10986-249982021-06-14T10:15:25Z A Greener Path to Competitiveness : Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products Kechichian, Etienne Pantelias, Alexios Reeves, Ari Henley, Guy Liu, Jiemei competitiveness climate action emissions energy efficiency climate change The ninth Sustainable Development Goal advises countries to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. Industry has historically been one of the most important pillars of economic and social development, but traditional resource-intensive and heavily polluting production is no longer sustainable in the face of climate change. If the path of industrial growth is not redirected immediately and effectively, reaching the target set in the 2015 Paris Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below two degrees celsius, will become unrealizable. The good news is that recent practices demonstrate how industry could be a big part of the solution for climate mitigation and inclusive, sustainable development. The unprecedented task presented in Paris, to decarbonize, globally introduces challenges but also enormous opportunities for industries as they seek a greener path to production while remaining globally competitive. This report helps chart that path to industrial competitiveness through policy and technology interventions that improve industrial operations. At the same time it explores ways that industrial products can become greener through public standards while companies and countries maintain, and even increase, competitiveness. The information is directed toward government leaders, policy makers, and multilateral institutions in the fields of energy, climate mitigation, and sustainable development. The report’s recommendations to policy makers are based on comprehensive case studies and quantitative and qualitative analyses. 2016-09-06T16:37:16Z 2016-09-06T16:37:16Z 2016-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26723965/greener-path-competitiveness-policies-climate-action-industries-products http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24998 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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The ninth Sustainable Development Goal
advises countries to build resilient infrastructure, promote
inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster
innovation. Industry has historically been one of the most
important pillars of economic and social development, but
traditional resource-intensive and heavily polluting
production is no longer sustainable in the face of climate
change. If the path of industrial growth is not redirected
immediately and effectively, reaching the target set in the
2015 Paris Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change by
limiting global warming to well below two degrees celsius,
will become unrealizable. The good news is that recent
practices demonstrate how industry could be a big part of
the solution for climate mitigation and inclusive,
sustainable development. The unprecedented task presented in
Paris, to decarbonize, globally introduces challenges but
also enormous opportunities for industries as they seek a
greener path to production while remaining globally
competitive. This report helps chart that path to industrial
competitiveness through policy and technology interventions
that improve industrial operations. At the same time it
explores ways that industrial products can become greener
through public standards while companies and countries
maintain, and even increase, competitiveness. The
information is directed toward government leaders, policy
makers, and multilateral institutions in the fields of
energy, climate mitigation, and sustainable development. The
report’s recommendations to policy makers are based on
comprehensive case studies and quantitative and qualitative analyses. |
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Working Paper |
| author |
Kechichian, Etienne Pantelias, Alexios Reeves, Ari Henley, Guy Liu, Jiemei |
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Kechichian, Etienne Pantelias, Alexios Reeves, Ari Henley, Guy Liu, Jiemei |
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Kechichian, Etienne |
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A Greener Path to Competitiveness : Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products |
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A Greener Path to Competitiveness : Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products |
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A Greener Path to Competitiveness : Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products |
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A Greener Path to Competitiveness : Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products |
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A Greener Path to Competitiveness : Policies for Climate Action in Industries and Products |
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greener path to competitiveness : policies for climate action in industries and products |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26723965/greener-path-competitiveness-policies-climate-action-industries-products http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24998 |
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