Climate Change
News
Offsets being used in Colombia to dodge carbon taxes
Fossil fuel levy can be avoided by buying carbon offsets that may have no benefit for climate Forest protection carbon offsets that may have no benefit to
EU farming policy failing to fight climate change, auditors say
The European Union’s huge subsidy programme for agriculture is failing to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from farming, despite 100 billion euros of such subsidies being labelled as climate spending since 2014.
Biden Subsidies For Liquid Natural Gas Could Doom International Climate Goals
The proposals would offer fossil fuel companies cash to build out carbon capture technology, propping up the liquid natural gas industry.
Reports
Reforming fossil fuel subsidies: drivers, barriers and the state of progress (Rentschler & Bazilian)
This article by Rentschler & Bazilian (2017) outlines the current state of affairs in fossil fuel subsidy reform, and highlights its contribution at the nexus
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
