Green fiscal policies such as fossil fuel subsidy reform, carbon-energy taxation, emissions trading, air pollution taxes and green subsidies can play a critical role in limiting energy-related negative impacts on human health, air quality and the climate. By pricing harmful emissions and driving the transition to clean and low-carbon energy sources and increasing demand for renewable energy technologies.
This paper applies insights from behavioural economics literature to design options in climate policy to make suggestions on how to create and pass effective climate regulation. The paper makes three
29 October 2019: The UK’s three largest power generators: SSE, Drax, and Orsted were joined by a climate change NGO Sandbag in an open letter to the HM Treasury in
Lecuyer and Quirion (2019) examine the interactions between a CO2 emissions trading system (ETS) and renewable energy subsidies under uncertainty over electricity demand and energy costs. They find that when
Seattle passes a resolution that will begin laying out an ambitious plan for the city to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and improve its residents’ lives. Not yet binding, 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
A new study from the International Renewable Energy Agency assessed the Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018. In the study, they found that unsubsidized renewable energy is now often the
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
The OECD recently published a paper on the use of revenues from carbon pricing, written by Melanie Marten and Kurt van Dender. The paper collects comprehensive and detailed data on
On the 10th Clean Energy Ministerial and 4th Mission Innovation Ministerial, a new international partnership was established to help expand the deployment of energy storage and bring new technologies to
Laura Merrill, Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) Manager and Senior Policy Advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), and Nina Quintas, take us through the evolution of fossil fuel
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