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Let the global technology race begin

Nature volume 462, pages 570–571 (2009)Cite this article

In the second of two pieces on decarbonization, Isabel Galiana and Christopher Green argue that fostering a technology revolution, not setting emissions targets, is the key to stabilizing the climate.

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  • Reducing carbon emissions requires an energy-technology revolution that has not yet started

  • A slowly rising carbon price could provide long-term financing for energy research and development

  • A global technology race asks parties to use scientific capabilities rather than to sacrifice future development

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  1. Isabel Galiana and Christopher Green are in the Department of Economics at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T7, Canada. isabel.galiana@mail.mcgill.ca; chris.green@mcgill.ca,

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