Technology Policy for Climate Change Mitigation
Technology Policy for Climate Change Mitigation
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| Current U.S. climate change policy consists mainly of government support for R&D in energy-related technologies. Investing in the development of new technologies is intended to allow cheaper and faster reductions in the future. The Bush administration has viewed this policy as a substitute for mandatory emissions reductions. | |||
| European governments hold firm to the binding emission targets approach. Attributing a price to GHG emissions is perceived as a necessary condition for new technologies to emerge. This transatlantic disagreement over the role of technology policy has important implications for the future of the international climate change regime. Is R&D alone enough? Are emission targets alone sensible? The meeting is dedicated to looking at technology policy for climate change mitigation in the context of the current transatlantic disagreement. |
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| We believe that debating not only the rationale for, but also the nature and the exact role of, technology policy is an important step in the process of (re)creating a common transatlantic language on international climate change policy. | |||
| Session 1 - Technology Policies: Rationale and Past Experience | ||
| Chair: J.M. Salmon, MEDD | ||
| Richard Newell Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future The Rationale and Instruments of Climate Technology Policy |
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| Michel Poireau Head of Unit Policy and Strategy of Energy R&D, European Commission European Experience with R&D, Demonstration and Deployment Program |
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| Robert Marlay Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy Technology, Policy and Climate Change: A Retrospective on Selected RD&D Experiences |  |
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| Gaëlle Monteiller Senior Vice President, Public Affairs & Environment, Lafarge Group Private Sector Responses to Technology Policy |  |
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| Session 2. Climate-Friendly Technologies: Challenges and Policy Responses | ||
