Can decarbonisation be an economic opportunity rather than a cost? Pathways to Productive and Inclusive Net Zero, a collection from the Productive and Inclusive Net Zero programme co-edited by Ralf Martin of Imperial Business School and Anna Valero of LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, assembles the programme's research into a single evidence base arguing that the transition can improve productivity and living standards while tackling climate change.
The briefings span the clean technologies most likely to generate economic benefits and their potential contribution to regional growth in the UK, the effect of clean innovation on jobs, the quality of green jobs, the risks and resilience of critical-mineral supply chains, the sector-specific drivers of decarbonisation, the skills and apprenticeships the transition requires, and the impact of green innovation and renewable energy installation on developing countries' economies.
A central message is selectivity: decarbonisation involves every sector and a broad range of technologies, but not every country, region or firm could or should do everything, so governments and investors need to assess comparative strengths carefully. PRINZ is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and brings together researchers from Imperial, Leeds, Oxford, LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, the Grantham Research Institute and Nesta.