A Climate Dividend for Australians (UNSW)
As part of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Grand Challenge on Inequality, a study that offers a market-based approach to address climate change through a carbon tax was
As part of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Grand Challenge on Inequality, a study that offers a market-based approach to address climate change through a carbon tax was
A study by TRIP, a US transportation research group, shows that residents of the state of Missouri are losing money because of poor road conditions. This causes untimely maintenance and
This IMF working paper provides a quantitative framework for understanding the main impacts of emission pricing, trade-offs between pricing and other (commonly used) mitigation instruments, and to what extent policies
This paper examines the history and functioning of the EU ETS to date, outlines the main elements of the phase IV reform, as proposed by the European Commission and as
A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change calls on governments and policy makers to focus more on building public opinion, and not just presenting economic arguments when introducing
This paper by Stefano Carattini, Maria Carvalho and Sam Fankhauser address one of the main obstacles to carbon taxes: public opposition. It identifies drivers of and barriers to public support, and, under the form
Despite widespread agreement among experts about the benefits of reforming fossil fuel subsidies, repeated international commitments to eliminate them, and valiant efforts by some countries to reform them, they continue
This study published in Nature Climate Change argues that the gap between actual carbon prices and those required to achieve ambitious climate change mitigation could be closed by enhancing the
Senegal is likely to become a significant oil and gas producer by the start of the next decade. These resources can be an important driver of economic growth as the
A recent constitutional reform in Uruguay acknowledges water as a fundamental right and a new institutional set-up on water issues has been established. In July 2016 a participatory process of drafting
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