Can Industrial Policy Solve the Climate Crisis?

Energy vs Climate

Industrial policy is hot again, back with a new name (mission innovation) and a new target (climate change). Detractors point to past failures and the risk of costly mistakes and argue that governments should avoid picking winners and stick to carbon pricing. Is government-directed innovation a good tool for climate innovation? How can governments do it well? What should they avoid? And what lessons are there for Canada's energy transition?

Join David, Sara, Ed, and industrial policy expert Dani Rodrik of Harvard University to discuss government-directed innovation as a tool for decarbonization, on Episode 30 of Energy vs Climate.
EPISODE NOTES:
@3:15 Dani Rodrik
@4:00 Combating Inequality: Rethinking Government's Role
@4:34 NDP won’t oppose higher defence spending in exchange for billions on social programs
@6:32 A 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use – Analysis - IEA
@6:41 Nikos Tsafos thread about EU country commitments to fast track energy transition.
@7:40 In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things | The New Yorker and The End of Nature, by Bill McKibben
@10:21 Japan discussing Russian oil import ban with U.S. and Europe
@16:36 Energy vs Climate: How Solar Became Cheap
@20:20 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
@25:29 Remembering “Solyndra” – How Many $570M Green Energy Failures
@26:27 TESLA | Department of Energy
@31:00 AOSTRA - Oil Sands - Alberta's Energy Heritage
@33:44 Tariffs on Chinese solar panels may hurt Canadian renewables industry - The Globe and Mail
@35:00 Clean Fuel Stan

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