Climate Change

How can we ensure sustainable decarbonization?

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Lockdown measures caused global emissions to fall by 5.2% in 2020. Image: Unsplash/Matthias Heyde

Mauro Pisu
Economist , Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy
Filippo Maria D'Arcangelo
Economist , OECD
Ilai Levin
Young Associate Economist , OECD
Asa Johansson
Senior Economist , OECD
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