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Technology innovation gives government leverage to drive down emissions fast – here's how

  • Written by Jessika E. Trancik, Associate Professor, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
imageGovernment policies sparked rapid growth and technology innovation in solar energy, wind energy and battery markets.Michael Hall/Getty Images

To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they have risen for over a century. Economies must essentially turn on a dime and then move...

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