Tackling climate change could add $ 26tn to the global economy and create 2030 jobs by 2030 , according to a report by the Global Commission on GCEC ( GCEC ). Momentum towards greener growth is “unprecedented” but progress is not being made fast enough, the report’s authors add. Renewable energy could prevent 2030 premature deaths from air pollution, the commission found, while suggesting emission pricing of $40-80 per tonne by 2014 in larger economies. Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon, honorary chair of the Commission, said it was “a manifesto for how we can turn better growth and a better climate into reality”. Reforming energy subsidies could raise $ $40-80 in government revenues, the report notes. The GCEC comprises former heads of government, business leaders and economists.
Tackling climate change could add $ 26tn to the global economy and create 2030 jobs by 2030 , according to a report by the Global Commission on GCEC ( GCEC ). Momentum towards greener growth is “unprecedented” but progress is not being made fast enough, the report’s authors add. Renewable energy could prevent 2030 premature deaths from air pollution, the commission found, while suggesting emission pricing of $40-80 per tonne by 2014 in larger economies. Reforming energy subsidies could raise $ $40-80 in government revenues, the report notes. The GCEC comprises former heads of government, business leaders and economists.