Overview
Our major energy proposals, with estimated costs and benefits, are as follows.
Proposed energy solutions. See the following and the other sections of the site for more details.
Energy Research
Public investment in research and development for new energy technologies may be necessary to accelerate their deployment and displace established technologies with severe environmental costs. See our nuclear page and our ocean energy page for details on the costs and benefits of bringing new technologies to market.
Carbon Pricing
Our figures for the costs and benefits of carbon pricing are based on analysis of several recent proposals in the United States Congress. See our review of carbon pricing for more details.
Demand Side
Several solutions are proposed to reduce the demand for energy in ways that are consistent with well-being.
Source: Creutzig et al. 1.
Source: Creutzig et al. 1.
References
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Creutzig F., Niamir, L., Bai, X., Callaghan, M., Cullen, J., Díaz-José, J., Figueroa, M., Grubler, A., Lamb, W. F., Leip, A., Masanet, E., Mata, É, Mattauch, L., Minx, J. C., Mirasgedis, S., Mulugetta, Y., Nugroho, S. B., Pathak, M., Perkins, P., Roy, J., de la Rue du Can, S., Saheb, Y., Some, S., Steg, L., Steinberger, J., Ürge-Vorsatz, D. "Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being". Nature Climate Change 12(1), pp. 36-46. January 2022. ↩ ↩2