Jonas Meckling
@jonasmeckling.bsky.social
Professor, UC Berkeley | Climate Fellow, Harvard Business School
climate and clean energy policy | www.jonasmeckling.com
climate and clean energy policy | www.jonasmeckling.com
Global spillovers:
✅ Positive: race to the top → faster innovation, cheaper tech, deeper climate cooperation.
❌ Negative: trade barriers, higher costs, geopolitical conflict, growing divides.
👉 Fig. 3 shows the growing use of trade-related instruments.
✅ Positive: race to the top → faster innovation, cheaper tech, deeper climate cooperation.
❌ Negative: trade barriers, higher costs, geopolitical conflict, growing divides.
👉 Fig. 3 shows the growing use of trade-related instruments.
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Global spillovers:
✅ Positive: race to the top → faster innovation, cheaper tech, deeper climate cooperation.
❌ Negative: trade barriers, higher costs, geopolitical conflict, growing divides.
👉 Fig. 3 shows the growing use of trade-related instruments.
✅ Positive: race to the top → faster innovation, cheaper tech, deeper climate cooperation.
❌ Negative: trade barriers, higher costs, geopolitical conflict, growing divides.
👉 Fig. 3 shows the growing use of trade-related instruments.
But design matters:
Open-economy vs. closed-economy GIP
Institutions & fiscal capacity determine success.
Open-economy vs. closed-economy GIP
Institutions & fiscal capacity determine success.
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
But design matters:
Open-economy vs. closed-economy GIP
Institutions & fiscal capacity determine success.
Open-economy vs. closed-economy GIP
Institutions & fiscal capacity determine success.
Policymakers mention strategic competitiveness and climate mitigation most often as goals for GIP
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Policymakers mention strategic competitiveness and climate mitigation most often as goals for GIP
EVs & batteries = biggest focus
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
EVs & batteries = biggest focus
Green industrial policy (GIP) has exploded worldwide.
By 2023:
China, EU & US = 60% of all GIP measures
By 2023:
China, EU & US = 60% of all GIP measures
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Green industrial policy (GIP) has exploded worldwide.
By 2023:
China, EU & US = 60% of all GIP measures
By 2023:
China, EU & US = 60% of all GIP measures
Geoeconomic competition for the benefits of decarbonization has emerged alongside international cooperation on cost-sharing.
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Geoeconomic competition for the benefits of decarbonization has emerged alongside international cooperation on cost-sharing.
🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
Out in @natureenergy.bsky.social, with Esther Shears and Jared Finnegan www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Out in @natureenergy.bsky.social, with Esther Shears and Jared Finnegan www.nature.com/articles/s41...