a column by Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Guy Meunier and Stéphane Hallegatte for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
Traditional climate economics models recommend capturing the cheapest opportunities to reduce emissions first and keeping the most difficult options for later.
This column argues that when the fact that reducing emissions takes time and requires investments in long-lived goods and assets is taken into account, the most cost efficient strategy overall is to act immediately in the sectors that are the most expensive and difficult to decarbonise, even if this means investing in options that have a higher cost right now than available alternatives.
Actions on urban planning and urban transport systems are especially urgent.
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