Green Industrial Policy
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Save the date for this in-person event featuring three panels on issues in fostering innovation for a green transition through policy. The first panel will focus on the role of carbon contracts for difference as an innovative new policy tool for a green transition. The second session dives into challenges and opportunities for decarbonizing the cement industry. A third panel, focussing on carbon removal technologies, will round off the day.
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.