31 October 2019: The government of the Canadian province of Alberta unveiled the details of its planned Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (TIER). The regulation will put a price
31 October 2019: Last week, in response to the results of the Canadian federal election, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs announced he would look at options for implementing a carbon price in
22 October 2019: Results from Canada’s federal election secured Prime Minister Justin Trudeau another term in power, although they did cost him a majority government. Overall, however, the vote has
The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition held a stakeholder dialogue entitled Accelerating Ambitious Carbon Pricing at the UN Climate Action Summit to discuss and highlight concrete actions needed for governments, private
16 October 2019: Canada’s federal election is a week away and the incumbent Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is polling closely to the Conservative leader Andrew Scheer. The latter has
8 October 2019: Delivered to the Dáil by the Minister for Finance on Tuesday, October 8, the Budget 2020 includes a new tax based on a vehicle’s nitrogen oxide (NOx)
Econometric assessment: has the Swedish carbon and energy taxation scheme been effective? Published in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, this paper employs an econometric approach to analyze the effectiveness
As many as 66 carbon pricing policies (including both taxes and emissions trading systems) have been adopted by polities with varying levels of development and diverse political systems. Although the
A series of articles in policy options politiques take a closer look at the approach towards carbon pricing in several provinces of Canada. In British Columbia, the carbon tax was
The Government of Ireland revealed their Climate Action Plan 2019 to tackle Climate Breakdown. The plan consist of 183 actions to support the government’s commitment to a “net zero carbon
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