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Aleh Cherp

Aleh Cherp

Professor, Coordinator of the MESPOM Consortium

Aleh Cherp

COVID-19 weakens both sides in the battle between coal and renewables

Author

  • Aleh Cherp
  • Jessica Jewell

Summary, in English

By disrupting investment, supply chains and technology diffusion, COVID-19 may harm renewables more than coal, but still weaken coal lock-in in developing countries. To enable new low-carbon energy choices, international flows of low-carbon technology and policy expertise must quickly re-emerge.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2020-04-22

Language

English

Document type

Web publication

Publisher

Springer Nature

Topic

  • Political Science

Status

Published