The readiness of industry for a transformative recovery from COVID 19

IF 4.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
S. Fankhauser, R. Kotsch, S. Srivastav
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Abstract

Non-technical summary Many countries are committed to emerge from COVID 19 on a more sustainable environmental footing. Here we explore what such a structurally transformative recovery would mean for the manufacturing sector of 14 major economies. We find that all countries have zero-carbon growth opportunities post-COVID and comparative advantages in some sectors, but industrialised countries and the East Asian economies, especially South Korea, appear best positioned, thanks a push in low-carbon innovation that predates the pandemic. Technical summary We construct two indicators to assess the readiness of manufacturing in 14 countries to move toward zero-carbon products and processes post-COVID 19. The first indicator is the extent to which country-sectors have already started to convert to zero-carbon products and processes. This is measured by the relative low-carbon innovation in different country sectors (using global patent data). The second indicator is the ability of country-sectors to gain and maintain market share. This is measured by existing comparative advantages, using the Balassa index of revealed comparative advantage. Taken together the two indicators paint an intuitive picture of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) faced by different sectors, which can guide countries in their recovery strategies. Social media summary A zero-carbon recovery from COVID must be led by industry. It requires clean innovation based on comparative advantage.
工业为从COVID - 19中实现变革性复苏做好准备
非技术性摘要许多国家致力于在更可持续的环境基础上摆脱2019冠状病毒病。在这里,我们探讨了这种结构变革性的复苏对14个主要经济体的制造业意味着什么。我们发现,所有国家在新冠疫情后都有零碳增长的机会,在某些领域也有相对优势,但工业化国家和东亚经济体,尤其是韩国,似乎处于最佳地位,这要归功于疫情之前推动的低碳创新。技术摘要我们构建了两个指标来评估14个国家的制造业在2019冠状病毒病后向零碳产品和工艺迈进的准备情况。第一个指标是国家部门已经开始向零碳产品和工艺转变的程度。这是通过不同国家部门的相对低碳创新来衡量的(使用全球专利数据)。第二个指标是国家部门获得和保持市场份额的能力。这是通过现有的比较优势来衡量的,使用的是显示比较优势的Balassa指数。综合来看,这两个指标直观地反映了不同部门面临的优势、劣势、机遇和威胁,可以指导各国的复苏战略。社交媒体摘要从新冠疫情中实现零碳复苏必须由行业主导。它需要基于比较优势的清洁创新。
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Global Sustainability
Global Sustainability Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
CiteScore
10.90
自引率
3.60%
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19
审稿时长
17 weeks
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