[gep-ed] Re: New paper on Net Zero

2023-06-05 Thread Jessica Green 
Super!  Look forward to reading this!

Thanks
Jessica


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Jessica F. Green
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University of Toronto
@greenprofgreen
https://green.faculty.politics.utoronto.ca


From: Aseem Prakash 
Date: Monday, June 5, 2023 at 11:52 AM
To: "gep-ed@googlegroups.com" , Jessica Green 

Subject: Re: New paper on Net Zero

Hi Jessica: Thanks; look forward to reading it.

Here is another paper on net zero pledges. this is open access

https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.094
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Have renewable energy leaders announced aggressive emission reduction goals? 
Examining variations in the stringency of country-level net-zero emission 
pledges
The 2015 Paris Agreement outlined the goal to limit temperature increases below 
2°C, preferably to 1.5°C. In response, several countries have announced 
net-zero emission pledges (NZEP). The credibility of these pledges varies 
because countries have committed to different target years. Moreover, some 
pledges outline sectoral as opposed to economy-wide targets and vary in how 
they monitor progress. To assess the pledge’s credibility, we create a novel 
NZEP stringency score. We find that climate leaders with a higher share of 
renewable energy in final energy consumption are more likely to have announced 
more stringent NZEPs. However, economic development, the size of the economy, 
countries’ embeddedness in international environmental treaties, and the 
robustness of domestic civil society are not associated with NZEP stringency.
journals.plos.org


From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Jessica 
Green 
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 8:47 AM
To: gep-ed@googlegroups.com 
Subject: [gep-ed] New paper on Net Zero


Dear all,



Apologies for the shameless self-promotion, but you may wish to have a look at 
a new paper out in Climate Policy.  It’s a great “workhorse” paper – shows 
rigorously what we already know about net zero.  There’s a lot of talk, but not 
a lot of implementation.  This is a meta-review of the literature which 
provides details about what we know and don’t know about net zero.  Link to the 
twitter thread is 
here,
 and link to the paper is 
here.
  Happy to send a PDF if anyone doesn’t have access.



Best,

Jessica



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Jessica F. Green

Professor of Political Science

@greenprofgreen

https://green.faculty.politics.utoronto.ca



Recent Publications:

Asset Revaluation and the Existential Politics of Climate 
Change,
 International Organization

Does carbon pricing reduce emissions? A review of ex-post 
analyses,
 Environmental Research Letters

Beyond Carbon Pricing: Tax Reform is Climate 
Policy,
 Global Policy

Why Climate Change Demands Activism in the 
Academy,
 Daedalus


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[gep-ed] Re: New paper on Net Zero

2023-06-05 Thread Aseem Prakash 
Hi Jessica: Thanks; look forward to reading it.

Here is another paper on net zero pledges. this is open access

https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.094
[https://journals.plos.org/climate/article/figure/image?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.094.g001&size=inline]
Have renewable energy leaders announced aggressive emission reduction goals? 
Examining variations in the stringency of country-level net-zero emission 
pledges
The 2015 Paris Agreement outlined the goal to limit temperature increases below 
2°C, preferably to 1.5°C. In response, several countries have announced 
net-zero emission pledges (NZEP). The credibility of these pledges varies 
because countries have committed to different target years. Moreover, some 
pledges outline sectoral as opposed to economy-wide targets and vary in how 
they monitor progress. To assess the pledge’s credibility, we create a novel 
NZEP stringency score. We find that climate leaders with a higher share of 
renewable energy in final energy consumption are more likely to have announced 
more stringent NZEPs. However, economic development, the size of the economy, 
countries’ embeddedness in international environmental treaties, and the 
robustness of domestic civil society are not associated with NZEP stringency.
journals.plos.org


From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Jessica 
Green 
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 8:47 AM
To: gep-ed@googlegroups.com 
Subject: [gep-ed] New paper on Net Zero


Dear all,



Apologies for the shameless self-promotion, but you may wish to have a look at 
a new paper out in Climate Policy.  It’s a great “workhorse” paper – shows 
rigorously what we already know about net zero.  There’s a lot of talk, but not 
a lot of implementation.  This is a meta-review of the literature which 
provides details about what we know and don’t know about net zero.  Link to the 
twitter thread is 
here,
 and link to the paper is 
here.
  Happy to send a PDF if anyone doesn’t have access.



Best,

Jessica



--

Jessica F. Green

Professor of Political Science

@greenprofgreen

https://green.faculty.politics.utoronto.ca



Recent Publications:

Asset Revaluation and the Existential Politics of Climate 
Change,
 International Organization

Does carbon pricing reduce emissions? A review of ex-post 
analyses,
 Environmental Research Letters

Beyond Carbon Pricing: Tax Reform is Climate 
Policy,
 Global Policy

Why Climate Change Demands Activism in the 
Academy,
 Daedalus



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