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Grubler, A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-4990 & Riahi, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7193-3498
(2010).
Do governments have the right mix in their energy R&D portfolios?
Carbon Management 1 (1) 79-87. 10.4155/cmt.10.16.
Abstract
Climate change is a major externality justifying government-sponsored R&D efforts into climate-friendy technologies. Current and near-term R&D is needed to develop new and improve existing technological options that will be needed in the long-term future to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The paper contrasts historical and current government R&D spending of the member countries of the International Energy Agency with a need-based analysis of technologies required to achieve long-term climate stabilization. The assessment of technology needs draws on the popular 'stabilization wedge' concept and is based on an analysis of a wide range of (22) scenarios of future technology deployment rates under a range of climate constraints that reflect important long-term uncertainties. We identify a significant mismatch to current energy technology R&D portfolios. The largest gap is between energy efficiency that is under-represented in current R&D portfolios and nuclear, which is over-represented, when compared with their respective importance for future climate mitigation efforts. Our discussion, therefore, focuses largely on these two contrasting mitigation options: energy efficiency versus nuclear.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Research Programs: | Energy (ENE) Transitions to New Technologies (TNT) |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Carbon Management; 1(1):79-87 (October 2010) |
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| Depositing User: | IIASA Import |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2016 08:43 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 17:21 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/9195 |
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