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Summary

Technological innovation and better management can bring about growth that is both inclusive and compatible with efforts to address the world’s climate emergency. Ufuk Akcigit focuses on innovation and its various drivers, noting that making the biggest productivity gains requires radical changes in the way of working. He will talk about how green R&D incentives can complement tools such as carbon taxes to achieve a climate neutral industry much more rapidly and how well-designed interventions can help an economy grow.

Introduction:

• Suganda Srivastav (Oxford Smith School)

Keynote:

• Ufuk Akcigit (University of Chicago)

The event is part of a full-day workshop on green industrial policy. For this event, the d\carb future economy forum joins forces with the Hertie School, the OECD - OCDE, and the Berlin School of Economics (BSE).