Singapore to impose carbon tax from 2019
19 February 2018 – Singapore said Monday it would impose a carbon tax from next year to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and make companies more competitive as global agreements on
19 February 2018 – Singapore said Monday it would impose a carbon tax from next year to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and make companies more competitive as global agreements on
Carbon pricing is the key to decarbonizing the economy, as it regulates emission flows. However, a price on carbon also collects rents from underlying fossil resource stocks, giving rise to
To control the risk of climatic disruption, many economists advocate putting a price on carbon. Research shows that an especially efficient way to do that would be to use a
4 December 2017 –Â Washington is just one of a growing number of states poised to introduce or advance new, stricter, or more expansive carbon fees or cap-and-trade programs in upcoming
29 November 2017 –Â All economists who accept the scientific reality of climate change support public policies that make polluters pay more for the costs they impose on society. But it
This paper estimates the potential of fuel tax reforms to curb harmful air pollutants and carbon emissions from road transport in Europe. The authors provide robust estimates for the responsiveness
The authors provide evidence from a nationally representative survey on Americans’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a carbon tax, and public preferences for how potential carbon-tax revenue should be spent.
3 October 2017 –Â Carbon pricing is coming to Canada’s Atlantic provinces. They are part of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF), which kicks in by 2018
16 October 2017 – For years, China has been using subsidies and taxation to build its solar power equipment industries – and as a result, it dominates world markets. Now
Keeping temperature change below 2°C will require leaving large reserves of fossil fuels unextracted. Om this article, researchers from Resources for the Future (RFF) assess alternative policies to achieve this
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