Jonas Meckling

@jonasmeckling.bsky.social

Professor, UC Berkeley | Climate Fellow, Harvard Business School climate and clean energy policy | www.jonasmeckling.com

Excellent article by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social in @nature.com. A rich and insightful analysis the double-edged sword of the geoeconomics in green industrial policymaking spanning the galvanizing effects of global competition, to the risks of conflict and the sludge of higher input costs. 🙌🌍🌳

Jonas Meckling@jonasmeckling.bsky.social · last yr.

🌍 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... 🧵

Short-term profit motives have historically led companies to oppose climate reforms, according to new research co-authored by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social. Still, it's unclear whether this influenced recent cutbacks to climate provisions passed by Congress. Read more:

Research: pressure for short-term profits jeopardizes climate investment | Institute for Business in Global Society

A new study shows there is often a direct connection between the need for short-term profits and opposition to climate regulation.

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