What trends or conclusions emerge from a series of case studies of learnings from other countries/sectors, etc.? e.g. Sweden NOx policy / tax-refund. What were implications of this policy? How did they push this policy through? What can Canada learn from this? Should we sever climate policy from innovation policy? Exploring cases where technologies compete with other technologies: questions on the dynamics of innovation and the structure of different industries are still very much to be explored. How do we resolve the tension between driving down renewables costs globally versus individual countries wanting to retain their competitiveness and profitability in a certain field? E.g. for the sake of global climate mitigation, the price of EV’s should go down as rapidly as possible. But for Germany’s economy, this driving down of price has impacted their ability to be competitive as an EV battery manufacturer. How to transition from short-run incentives aimed at facilitating the entry of new actors in a sector to longer-term incentives focused on post-market entry priorities? The initial short-run incentives are not necessarily good for the long run, so we have to think up-front about how our policies are going to evolve over time and as the sector matures.
What trends or conclusions emerge from a series of case studies of learnings from other countries/sectors, etc.? e.g. Sweden NOx policy / tax-refund. What were implications of this policy? How did they push this policy through? What can Canada learn from this? Should we sever climate policy from innovation policy? Exploring cases where technologies compete with other technologies: questions on the dynamics of innovation and the structure of different industries are still very much to be explored. How do we resolve the tension between driving down renewables costs globally versus individual countries wanting to retain their competitiveness and profitability in a certain field? E.g. for the sake of global climate mitigation, the price of EV’s should go down as rapidly as possible. But for Germany’s economy, this driving down of price has impacted their ability to be competitive as an EV battery manufacturer. How to transition from short-run incentives aimed at facilitating the entry of new actors in a sector to longer-term incentives focused on post-market entry priorities? The initial short-run incentives are not necessarily good for the long run, so we have to think up-front about how our policies are going to evolve over time and as the sector matures.
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