Macro-economic implications of a low-carbon mobility transition

减少全球碳排放以保持温度在合理范围内是我们这个时代最大的挑战之一。全球变暖2度以内的世界需要从化石燃料经济向低碳经济的根本转变。根据《巴黎协定》，全球脱碳努力支持向绿色经济过渡，但仍不足以实现气候目标。技术创新在向绿色经济过渡方面发挥着关键作用，即开发新的低碳技术、开发其市场以及沿着供应链普遍提高资源效率。需要激励彻底和系统的技术创新，以释放投资，并在不同规模上朝着绿色经济的方向发展。由于交通运输部门占全球能源相关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交通运输势在必行。电动汽车等新的低碳交通技术的发展可能会以意想不到或改变游戏规则的方式迅速改变运输市场。因此，率先提出更有效的新技术的国家应该能够受益于这种颠覆性创新，实现更高的生产、贸易和收入。国际市场的发展也将是至关重要的。在你的博士学位，你将被要求介绍在UCL-ISR的环境全球应用一般均衡（ENGAGE）模型的技术创新的最先进的代表。这意味着掌握，组合和建模广泛的理论，包括不同的经济理论和创新理论。将特别关注与电动汽车，电池和一般运输有关的颠覆性创新。在此过程中，您需要应用先进的计算技术来解决大型联立方程组，这涉及到对全球数据的细致编译和分析。您将在UCL ISR宏观经济建模团队中代表这一研究领域，并为我们的研究战略做出贡献。

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.