TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lilliestam, Johan
A1  - Patt, Anthony
A1  - Bersalli, German
T1  - The effect of carbon pricing on technological change for full energy decarbonization
BT  - a review of empirical ex-post evidence
JF  - Wiley interdisciplinary reviews : Climate change
N2  - In order to achieve the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, the world must reach net-zero carbon emissions around mid-century, which calls for an entirely new energy system. Carbon pricing, in the shape of taxes or emissions trading schemes, is often seen as the main, or only, necessary climate policy instrument, based on theoretical expectations that this would promote innovation and diffusion of the new technologies necessary for full decarbonization. Here, we review the empirical knowledge available in academic ex-post analyses of the effectiveness of existing, comparatively high-price carbon pricing schemes in the European Union, New Zealand, British Columbia, and the Nordic countries. Some articles find short-term operational effects, especially fuel switching in existing assets, but no article finds mentionable effects on technological change. Critically, all articles examining the effects on zero-carbon investment found that existing carbon pricing scheme have had no effect at all. We conclude that the effectiveness of carbon pricing in stimulating innovation and zero-carbon investment remains a theoretical argument. So far, there is no empirical evidence of its effectiveness in promoting the technological change necessary for full decarbonization. This article is categorized under: Climate Economics > Economics of Mitigation
KW  - carbon pricing
KW  - climate policy
KW  - decarbonization
KW  - technological change
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.681
SN  - 1757-7780
SN  - 1757-7799
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - RPRT
A1  - Gagrčin, Emilija
A1  - Schaetz, Nadja
A1  - Rakowski, Niklas
A1  - Toth, Roland
A1  - Renz, André
A1  - Vladova, Gergana
A1  - Emmer, Martin
T1  - We and AI
BT  - living in a datafied world : experiences & attitudes of young Europeans
KW  - sociology & anthropology
KW  - technology (applied sciences)
KW  - sociology of science
KW  - sociology of technology
KW  - research on science and technology
KW  - technology assessment
KW  - artificial intelligence
KW  - digitalization
KW  - educational technology
KW  - decision making
KW  - data security
KW  - monitoring
KW  - data protection
KW  - automation
KW  - Europe
KW  - attitude
KW  - young adult
KW  - technological change
KW  - new technology
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.34669/wi/1
PB  - Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society - the German Internet
CY  - Berlin
ER  -