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Monetary Policy For The Climate? A Money View Perspective On Green Central Banking
Central banks can potentially influence the investment decisions of private financial institutions, which in turn will create incentives towards green technology adoption and development of lower emission business models. This
How can we use fiscal policy to combat the effects of extreme weather events?
Featured Article: What are the fiscal risks from extreme weather events and how can we deal with them? By Luis Alejos Focus region: Latin America and the Caribbean Latin America
Greening Fiscal Policy: Essential to Reversing Environmental Degradation
Current approaches to environmental stewardship are demonstrably failing given the existential threats of climate change and biodiversity loss. Many factors contribute to global environmental degradation, but one that has received relatively little attention is the lack of government transparency and accountability for environmental stewardship compared to other policy domains, and the systematically weak integration of environmental stewardship into overall government strategy and target setting.
Can fiscal instruments turn a crisis into opportunity?
The response to COVID-19 has not been commensurate with the magnitude of the climate crisis. Besides green investment, which fiscal instruments can engender a process of structural change leading to a more sustainable growth model?
Targeting Genuine Debt Relief and Green Recovery: Moving From Rhetoric to Decisive Actions
As developing countries attempt to plan for a post-pandemic recovery, they should be given a genuine opportunity to deal with their debt burden and in tandem tackle the challenge of climate and nature that threaten to derail their economies.
Designing Border Carbon Adjustments When Carbon Is Not Explicitly Priced
Implementing border carbon adjustments can be a challenge when the countries involved don’t have a carbon price. Recent RFF research considers how to design border carbon adjustments around local variations in carbon pricing policy.
