Green intersections: the global embedding of climate change in policy
Green objectives have reshaped public policy worldwide since the signing in 2015 of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. Climate policy has moved from being one policy among many to an objective embedded in public policies at every level, including energy, industrial, fiscal, trade, development and foreign policies. However, a clear outcome from this policy shift is yet to be seen, with emissions still rising and climate impacts intensifying. There is also backlash against greening in a charged geopolitical environment.
Nevertheless, the chapters in this volume, written by a range of experts worldwide, show that in many countries and policy areas, green objectives are still driving fundamental changes and many lessons have been learned. The goals of reducing emissions and enhancing economic and societal resilience to climate change will persist as climate impacts become more evident, and as the green transition produces successes at city, regional and national levels. In this context, this Bruegel Blueprint offers a fresh intellectual framework for understanding how the green transition is shaping cross-sectoral impacts across the globe.
Authors
Rim Berahab
Senior Economist, Policy Center for the New South
Margherita Bianchi
Head of the Energy, Climate and Resources Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Jason Bordoff
Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Mauricio Cárdenas
Professor of Professional Practice in Global Leadership in the Faculty of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Ruud De Mooij
Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
Karim El Aynaoui
Managing Director, OCP Policy Center
Vitor Gaspar
Director of Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
Heather Grabbe
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Ricardo Hausmann
Founder and Director, Harvard’s Growth Lab
Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Research Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute
Wensheng Peng
Chief Economist and Head of Research, CICC
Avinash Persaud
Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank
Simone Tagliapietra
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Nathalie Tocci
Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Xiaochuan Zhou
Vice chairman, Boao Forum for Asia Academy
Former Governor, People’s Bank of China
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