Policy Briefs

Environmental taxes, pollution and inequality
Environmental taxes are a widely used tool to tackle climate change around the world. According to the World Bank (World Bank, 2022), in 2022 thirty-seven carbon taxes were implemented or

Sustainable Finance Markets Requires Green Central Banking and Regulations
The recent IPCC AR 6 synthesis report warned the world that global warming beyond 1.5℃ might be unavoidable unless limiting global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to peak before 2025 at

Carbon Pricing and Firm-Level CO2 Abatement: Evidence from a Quarter of a Century-Long Panel
Sweden was one of the first countries to introduce a carbon tax in 1991. Authors assemble a unique dataset tracking all CO2 emissions from the Swedish manufacturing sector to estimate

Green Bond Market Survey for Indonesia: Insights on the Perspectives of Institutional Investors and Underwriters
This publication shares the results of a survey to help identify drivers, impediments, and priorities for Indonesia’s sustainable finance market to inform support for its development. The survey assessed institutional

Share of emissions covered by carbon prices is rising, OECD data shows
As part of their efforts to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, countries have increased their use of carbon pricing through taxes or emissions trading systems, with coverage increasing across countries

Environmental taxes and green technology adoption: evidence from Spain
How to design environmental taxes such as to reduce levels of contamination? What is the level of environmental taxation that encourages industry to adopt green technologies? How to combine environmental taxation with subsidies?