In the wake of a once-in-a-generation pandemic and economic crisis, spending on green recoveries is less than an average year’s worth of subsidies on fossil fuels. March 2021 marked the
Government proposes net zero deadline of 2045 instead of 2050, but critics demand actions not numbers Germany’s government is to revise its emission reduction targets after the country’s constitutional court
In an upcoming new report, The Asia Foundation and Vivid Economics identify opportunities and propose realistic measures for the governments of China, India, Japan, and Korea to make their stimulus
Governments need to tailor their financial support to citizens and organizations in response to COVID-19. The IMF recommends targeted support to vulnerable houses and focused support to viable firms. Support
Any global temperature target must be translated into an intertemporal carbon budget and an associated cost-efficient carbon price schedule. This column uses an intertemporal asset-pricing approach to examine the impact
Nils Ohlendorf, Michael Jakob, Jan Christoph Minx, Carsten Schröder & Jan Christoph Steckel ABSTRACT Understanding the distributional impacts of market-based climate policies is crucial to design economically efficient climate change mitigation policies that are socially
Sylvain Becker, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva and Anicia Jaegler ABSTRACT: According to the 2019 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, putting in place policies that support sustainable development is imperative. The
General description of the measure This is a new tax that applies to plastic packaging produced in, or imported into, the UK, that does not contain at least 30% recycled
by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Newswise — Countries across the globe have been struggling to deal with the impact of COVID-19 and the accompanying economic slowdown. As economies “build
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) released a discussion paper on ‘A Fiscally Responsible Green Stimulus‘ to revive Indian economy by creating demand and jobs with policy and regulatory interventions
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