Green industrial policies

Policymakers are looking to accelerate climate action by scaling up low-carbon technologies (renewable energy systems, electrical vehicles) through the creation of new industries and promotion of green value chains. Markets alone cannot drive the transition. Industrial competitiveness, and state-driven structural change can help countries meet net zero and climate commitments.

Interventions such as subsidies, standards, and public procurement can be complemented by market-based mechanisms such as carbon pricing. While some elements of this policy approach remain contentious, the issues deserve more discussion, evidence and development of analytical tools and evidence to support decision-making. This inter-disciplinary seminar in association with the World Bank, Coalition for Capacity on Climate Action (C3A) will debate the key components of a successful green industrial strategy.

Provisional programme

Welcome and opening remarks:

Angus Armstrong - Director, Rebuilding Macroeconomics, IGP UCL | Professorial Research Fellow, IGP UCL

Chair:

William Hynes - Senior Climate Change Economist and Co-Director of the Coalition for Capacity on Climate Action (C3A), World Bank | Honorary Professor of Practice, IGP UCL | External Applied Complexity Fellow, Santa Fe Institute

Speakers include:

Dani Rodrik - Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Havard University | Co-director, Reimagining the Economy Program and Economics for Inclusive Prosperity network, Kennedy School
Isabel Estevez - Development Economist, Global Fund for a New Economy | Former Deputy Director, Industrial Policy and Trade, Roosevelt Institute | Former Senior Policy Advisor, Sierra Club
Simon Sharpe - Director of Economics, UN Climate Champions | Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute

Further speakers to be announced. 
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Location:

This Conference will be held at UCL Bloomsbury and online via Zoom. Full details to follow.