Why nations lead or lag in energy transitions

Science. 2022 Oct 7;378(6615):31-33. doi: 10.1126/science.adc9973. Epub 2022 Oct 6.

Jonas Meckling¹, Phillip Y Lipscy^{2

3}, Jared J Finnegan^{4

5}, Florence Metz⁶

¹ Department of Environmental Policy, Science, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
² Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Political Science, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics, London, UK.
⁶ Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability, University of Twente, Twente, Netherlands.

Abstract

Policy-driven change hinges on institutions that support insulation or compensation.