Macro-economic implications of a low-carbon mobility transition

低碳出行转型的宏观经济影响

• 批准号: 1920807
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1920807
• 关键词: Macro; economic; implications; low; carbon

Reducing global carbon emissions to keep temperature under reasonable limits is one of the biggest challenges of our time. A world within 2 degrees of global warming requires a radical shift from a fossil fuel-based economy to a low-carbon economy. Global decarbonisation efforts, in line with the Paris Agreement, support the transition towards a green economy, but still they are not enough to reach the climate goals. Technological innovation plays a key role in the transition towards a green economy, i.e. developing new low-carbon technologies, their market development, and a general increase of resource efficiency along supply chains. Incentives to radical and systemic technological innovation will be needed to unleash investments and move in the direction towards green economies at different scales.With the transport sector accounting for nearly one-quarter of global energy-related CO2 emissions, a more resource-efficient and less carbon-intensive mobility becomes imperative. The development of new low-carbon mobility technologies such as e-mobility may rapidly change the transport market in ways that are unexpected or game-changing. Thus, first-mover countries which come up with more efficient and new technologies should be able to benefit from such disruptive innovation, experiencing higher production, trade and income. International market development will be crucial too.In your PhD you will be expected to introduce a state-of-the-art representation of technological innovation in the Environmental Global Applied General Equilibrium (ENGAGE) model of UCL-ISR. This implies mastering, combining and modelling a broad range of theories including different strands of economic theory and innovation theory. Special attention will be given to disruptive innovation related to e-mobility, batteries, and transportation in general. In doing so, you are required to apply advanced computational techniques to solve large systems of simultaneous equations, which involves a meticulous compilation and analysis of global data. You are expected to represent this research area within the UCL ISR macro-economic modelling team and contribute to our research strategy.

减少全球碳排放，使气温保持在合理的限度内，是我们这个时代最大的挑战之一。全球变暖在2摄氏度以内的世界需要从以化石燃料为基础的经济向低碳经济彻底转变。符合《巴黎协定》的全球脱碳努力支持向绿色经济转型，但仍不足以实现气候目标。技术创新在向绿色经济转型的过程中发挥着关键作用，即开发新的低碳技术、其市场开发以及供应链上资源效率的普遍提高。需要激励激进和系统的技术创新，以释放投资，并在不同规模上朝着绿色经济的方向发展。由于运输行业占全球与能源相关的二氧化碳排放量的近四分之一，提高资源效率和减少碳密集度的机动性变得势在必行。电子移动等新的低碳移动技术的发展可能会以意想不到的或改变游戏规则的方式迅速改变交通市场。因此，提出更高效和新技术的先行者国家应该能够从这种颠覆性创新中受益，经历更高的生产、贸易和收入。国际市场开发也将是至关重要的。在你的博士学位中，你将被期望在UCL-ISR的环境全球应用一般均衡(Engage)模型中介绍技术创新的最新代表。这意味着要掌握、结合和模拟广泛的理论，包括不同的经济理论和创新理论。将特别关注与电子移动、电池和交通相关的颠覆性创新。在这样做的时候，你需要应用先进的计算技术来求解大型联立方程组，这涉及到对全球数据的细致汇编和分析。希望你在UCL ISR宏观经济模型团队中代表这一研究领域，并为我们的研究战略做出贡献。