ABSTRACT
Chapter 7 asks the question: what should policymakers do? It identifies strategies that policymakers can employ to implement policies that can overcome the resistance from incumbent fossil fuel industries. It also offers lessons for business actors in renewable industries faced with a new political reality following the election of Donald Trump to the White House. This chapter concludes by reflecting on the implications for future research and the implications for the climate of the energy transformations taking place in the US. It highlights that while the structural decline of the coal industry and the boom in the wind and solar industries have obvious benefits for efforts to limit global greenhouse gas emissions, the US much like the rest of the world, remains off track when it comes to the oil and gas industry.
