How to use benefits analysis to make climate ambition and action fairer and more inclusive

The document argues that the rapid clean energy transition creates winners and losers, necessitating a granular benefits analysis to ensure social and political buy-in. It proposes a practical approach with five entry points for scenario modelling to identify who bears costs and who benefits, aiming to avoid new injustices and alleviate existing ones to support more ambitious national climate targets.

• The rapid transition to clean energy to end fossil fuel use by the mid-21st century will significantly impact social and economic activities, creating winners and losers across various sectors including energy security, health, employment, and biodiversity.
• Standard models often provide aggregate net impacts, but a more granular analysis is required to identify specific stakeholder groups that benefit or disproportionately bear costs, which is essential for achieving sustainable transitions and political buy-in.
• The proposed analytical approach can be used to identify non-ideal transition outcomes, determine policies for positive change, and leverage the transition as an opportunity to address pre-existing injustices in the current energy system.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2022). How to use benefits analysis to make climate ambition and action fairer and more inclusive. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/smoother-transitions

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. How to use benefits analysis to make climate ambition and action fairer and more inclusive. 2022. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/smoother-transitions.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2022how, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{How to use benefits analysis to make climate ambition and action fairer and more inclusive}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2022}, month = mar, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/smoother-transitions}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }