'Slowing the pace is not an option': How the clean energy transition can navigate an era of high interest rates

James Murray
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'Slowing the pace is not an option': How the clean energy transition can navigate an era of high interest rates

Resolution Foundation warns sustained high interest rates could push up the cost of decarbonising the power system, but policies are available that could ensure promised energy bill savings are still delivered

How much will the net zero transition cost? It is a grossly simplistic question that glosses over the countless variables, complex co-benefits and externalities, and shifting tectonic plates of geopolitics...

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