Are There Limits to Green Growth?
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1 Are There Limits to Green Growth? Edward B. Barbier Key Points Introduction
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5 Table 1: Green stimulus during the Great Recession, Green stimulus ($US billion) Share (%) of green stimulus in: Economies Low carbon power a Energy efficiency b Waste and water c Total Global total Fiscal stimulus GDP d China % 33.6% 3.1% United States % 12.0% 0.9% South Korea % 78.7% 5.0% Japan % 6.1% 1.0% European Union e % 58.7% 0.2% Germany % 13.2% 0.5% Australia % 22.7% 1.3% France % 18.2% 0.3% United Kingdom % 16.3% 0.3% Canada % 8.7% 0.2% Italy % 1.3% 0.1% Total G % 17.1% 0.8% Global total % 15.7% 0.7% The emerging green economy
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8 Limits to green growth
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12 Under-pricing of fossil fuels
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15 Table 2: Under-pricing of fossil fuels, Group of 20 economies Annual exploration subsidies (US$ billion) a Annual fossil fuel subsidies (US$ billion) 2011b Share (%) of world total Annual fossil fuel subsidies, tax breaks and environmental costs (US$ billion) 2011b Share (%) of world total Annual fossil fuel subsidies share (%) of GDP 2011 Annual subsidies, tax breaks and environmental costs share (%) of GDP 2011 Argentina % % 1.1% 2.4% Australia % % 4.7% 3.2% Brazil % 5 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% Canada % % 1.7% 2.1% China % % 0.0% 6.1% France % % 0.0% 0.2% Germany % % 0.1% 0.7% India % % 1.9% 5.6% Indonesia % % 5.4% 9.7% Italy % % 0.0% 0.4% Japan % % 0.0% 1.0% Mexico % % 0.0% 2.8% Russia % % 2.1% 9.8% Saudi Arabia % % 9.4% 17.6% South Africa % % 0.0% 4.8% South Korea % % 0.0% 1.5% Turkey % % 0.0% 1.2% United Kingdom % % 0.0% 0.4% United States % % 0.1% 3.6% G20 Total % 1, % 0.4% 3.0% World , % 3.5%
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17 Table 3: Environmentally motivated subsidies in selected economies Type of subsidy and activities supported Australia Canada Grant Clean-up of earlier pollution X X X Energy saving X X X X X X Investment in physical capital X X X X X X X X X Market penetration of clean products X X X X X X X X Operation of treatment facilities X X X Research and Development (R&D) X X X X X X X X Training of employees X X X Other X X X X X X Soft Loan Clean-up of earlier pollution X Energy saving X X X X Investment in physical capital X X X X X Market penetration of clean products X X X X Operation of treatment facilities X X X Research and Development (R&D) X X Other X X Tax Reduction Clean-up of earlier pollution X X X Energy saving X X X X X Investment in physical capital X X X X X X X X X Market penetration of clean products X X X X X X X Operation of treatment facilities X X X Research and Development (R&D) X X X Other X X X X X X X Other Clean-up of earlier pollution X Energy saving X X X X X X X X Investment in physical capital X X X X X X X X X Market penetration of clean products X X X X X X Operation of treatment facilities X X Research and development (R&D) X X Other X X X X Total France Germany Italy Japan Mexico South Korea UK USA
18 Market failures in green innovation
19 Table 4: Induced innovation and public policies for reducing carbon dependency Market-based incentives Carbon taxes Carbon quotas Cap-and-trade for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Subsidies to GHG emission abatement Public policies for reducing carbon dependency Technology-push policies Subsidies to R&D in clean energy technologies Public-sector R&D in clean energy technologies Government-financed technology competitions (with awards) Strengthened patent rules
20 A policy strategy to promote green growth
21 Figure 1: Policy strategy for green innovation and structural transformation Step One Phase out environmentally harmful subsidies Rationalize/phase out many environmentally motivated subsidies Step Two Expand and implement more effectively market-based incentives (e.g., taxes, charges and payments for environmental services, tradable permit schemes, and voluntary mechanisms) $ $ Step Three Use any resulting revenues and savings to finance the necessary public support for private green R&D and investments
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