Blogs
How can we build back green and just? Financial Sector Taxes as one idea
This blog is based on a new published report “Financial Sector Taxes and Climate Goals” from the 2° Investing Initiative, an independent, non-profit think tank. The report forms part of their
Green Certificates: A better version of Green Bonds
Dr. Dirk Schoenmaker and Dr. Dion Bongaerts propose green certificates as an alternative green investment structure that they show to be conceptually superior to green bonds. At the same time,
Time for solutions to tackle the twin sovereign debt and nature crises
Increased public spending and reduced income has constrained governments’ ability to respond to, and recover from, COVID-19. This has led to an urgent need to secure liquidity and has piled
Asia-Pacific, the Gigantic Domino of Climate Change – IMF
By Vitor Gaspar and Chang Yong Rhee Forget the poetic flap of a butterfly’s wings in Beijing causing rain in Central Park. Climate issues in Asia-Pacific are measured in superlatives. The world’s biggest
A New Vision for the US Climate Agenda
By Ian Parry Over the next decade, global greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 25– 50 percent to be on track for meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of containing global
Carbon pricing and the elasticity of CO2 emissions
Climate policy is reaching a fever pitch in the year of COVID-19. The European Union and Japan have each announced ‘climate neutrality’ targets to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG)
