HKS Affiliated Authors

Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy

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Long-term Carbon Policy: The Great Swap. Joseph Aldy, November 2016, Paper, "In the past two decdes, the mounting risks posed by climate change have motivated businesses, cities, states, national governments, and the international community to pledge to take action to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Given the scale of the problem, the breadth of action must be effective and must set the foundation for increasing mitigation efforts over time. Thus, delivering on these pledges will require effective policies to drive the deployment of low-carbon technologies today and technological innovation in the future to ramp ambition up on par with the risks of climate change."