13 September 2018 – At the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, European Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete and California Governor Jerry Brown agreed to strengthen bilateral
25 August 2018 – As the rise of ride-hailing firms is another reason for increased congestion in cities, New York and London are planning one-year moratoriums on issuing new licenses for
15 August 2018 – This November, citizens of the Washington state vote on whether to adopt a carbon fee that charges polluters for the right to emit carbon dioxide and other
The Extractives Hub is a comprehensive online library of information and resources on the management and governance of the extractives sector, including resources and case studies on Climate Change and Extractives; Fiscal
This IMF working paper provides a quantitative framework for understanding the main impacts of emission pricing, trade-offs between pricing and other (commonly used) mitigation instruments, and to what extent policies
This paper examines the history and functioning of the EU ETS to date, outlines the main elements of the phase IV reform, as proposed by the European Commission and as
A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change calls on governments and policy makers to focus more on building public opinion, and not just presenting economic arguments when introducing
This paper by Stefano Carattini, Maria Carvalho and Sam Fankhauser address one of the main obstacles to carbon taxes: public opposition. It identifies drivers of and barriers to public support, and, under the form
Despite widespread agreement among experts about the benefits of reforming fossil fuel subsidies, repeated international commitments to eliminate them, and valiant efforts by some countries to reform them, they continue
10 September 2018 – International climate negotiators gathered in Bangkok to advance work on the Paris Agreement “rulebook”. The outcome of the talks, which is due to be adopted at COP24
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