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The carbon productivity challenge: Curbing climate change and sustaining economic growth
Meeting commonly discussed greenhouse gas abatement paths by 2025 while maintaining economic growth will require a tenfold increase in "carbon productivity," the amount of GDP produced per unit of carbon equivalents emitted. The macroeconomic costs of this "carbon revolution" are likely to be manageable.
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The case for investing in energy productivity
Additional annual investments in energy productivity of $170 billion through 2020 could cut global energy demand growth by at least half while generating average internal rates of return of 17 percent. Such outlays would also achieve significant energy savings and cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Curbing global energy demand growth: The energy productivity opportunity

In-depth sector case studies illustrate how the right policies and investments in existing technologies that yield an internal rate of return of 10 percent or higher could contribute to a reduction in global energy demand growth by at least half to 2020.

Leapfrogging to higher energy productivity in China

By taking advantage only of currently existing technologies that pay for themselves, China could further its ongoing efforts and reduce total energy demand in 2020 by as much as 23 percent. Lower energy demand would also mean that China could cut its projected oil imports by up to 15 percent and its CO₂ emissions by at least 20 percent by 2020.

Curbing the growth of global energy demand

The opportunities are huge, but market forces alone won’t realize them.

Wasted energy: How the U.S. can reach its energy productivity potential

By capturing the potential available from existing technologies, the United States could cap U.S. energy consumption, as well as its greenhouse gas emissions, at today’s levels.



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The carbon productivity challenge
Any successful program of action on climate change must support two objectives—stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gases and maintaining economic growth.
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