Climate Change
News
The employment impact of a green fiscal push
The green investments in Senate-passed, bipartisan infrastructure legislation could, over several years, help manual laborers whose jobs are at risk as the world transitions away from fossil fuels.
90% of global farm subsidies damage people and planet, says UN
Almost half a trillion dollars of support a year harms people’s health, the climate and drives inequality.
Design of climate change policies needs to internalise political realities
Policy design and timing are critical to overcoming political costs to climate mitigation policies, as is the need to provide effective social insurance policies.
Reports
Switching it up: The effect of energy price reforms in Oman
Fresh UNIDO-led research in collaboration with the World Bank provides concrete evidence that removing fossil fuel subsidies would not only make environmental sense but would also improve firms’ economic performance. New firm-level
National Emissions Trading System: Background Paper
Why do we need national emissions trading? In view of the major challenge that climate change poses to present and future generations due to greenhouse gas emissions, Germany has committed
Adaptation Gap Report 2020
The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020 finds that while nations have advanced in planning, huge gaps remain in finance for developing countries and bringing adaptation projects to the stage where
Policy Briefs
Special Series on Fiscal Policies to Respond to COVID-19 – Fiscal Policy Responses to the Sharp Decline in Oil Prices (IMF)
Oil prices have declined sharply as a result of both global demand contraction and supply increase. The urgent priority for oil exporters is to deploy existing financial buffers, reprioritize spending,
Special Series on Fiscal Policies to Respond to COVID-19 – Greening the Recovery (IMF)
Fiscal policy across the globe is rightly focused on fighting the COVID-19-induced economic crisis. But the climate change crisis remains, as does the need for decisive policy action to address
Policy Responses to COVID-19 – Policy Tracker (IMF)
This policy tracker summarizes the key economic responses governments are taking to limit the human and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tracker includes 193 economies. To access the
