Climate Change
News

Factories get ready: SA is primed for new carbon tax (The Citizen)
South Africa’s phased approach to enforcing the Carbon Tax Act, tax-free allowances and carbon offset credits seeks to create a mindset change and increase aware

The EU emissions trading system at a crossroads: the Market Stability Reserve review as a defining moment (LSE / Grantham)
The Market Stability Reserve (MSR) aims to provide carbon price stability for the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS). But serious questions are being asked about

The Role of the IMF in the Post-COVID-19 Fiscal Stabilization and Recovery – Key points (GLOBSEC)
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva tackled in her remarks the consequences of COVID–19 pandemic globally, explained how the International Monetary Fund is responding to it,
Reports
Supporting Carbon Pricing: How to identify policies that genuinely complement an economy-wide carbon price (Ecofiscal Canada)
Carbon pricing is the simplest and most cost-effective way to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, so it should do most of the heavy lifting in
The empirics of enabling investment and innovation in renewable energy (OECD)
This OECD paper analyses the impacts of climate mitigation policies and the quality of the investment environment on investment and innovation in renewable power in
Report of the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices (CPLC)
This report prepared by the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices with support of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) and the Partnership for Market Readiness