Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Giorgos Galanis	
Author-X-Name-First: Giorgos
Author-X-Name-Last: Galanis
Author-Email: g.galanis@qmul.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management
Author-Name: Giorgio Ricchiuti	
Author-X-Name-First: Giorgio
Author-X-Name-Last: Ricchiuti
Author-Email: giorgio.ricchiuti@unifi.it
Author-Workplace-Name: Università degli Studi di Firenze, Complexity Lab in Economics (CLE), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
Author-Name: Ben Tippet	
Author-X-Name-First: Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Tippet
Author-Email: B.M.Tippet@greenwich.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Greenwich
Title: The Global Political Economy of a Green Transition
Abstract: From uneven development to unequal exposure to extreme weather events, the economic geography of climate change implies substantial heterogeneity regarding countries’ preferences for climate action. Yet, how this heterogeneity matters for sustaining high and effective levels of global climate action has not been analysed. This paper develops a novel geographical political economy model of climate action where countries’ choices are influenced by the evolution of greenhouse gas emissions, total participation in climate action and by the dispersion of economic geographical factors. Our results highlight that uneven geographic development can be a barrier to sustained high levels of global action.
Length: 39 pages
Creation-Date: 2023-05
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Keywords: Uneven Development, Global Political Economy, Climate Action, Green Transition
File-URL: http://cgr.sbm.qmul.ac.uk/CGRWP113.pdf
Number: 113
Handle: RePEc:cgs:wpaper:113