Policy Briefs
Carbon pricing: how best to use the revenue? (Grantham Research Institute)
Carbon pricing can encourage reductions in emissions and innovations in low-carbon technologies, while raising considerable amounts of revenue for governments. This in turn raises a crucial question: how should these new revenues be
The case for carbon pricing (Grantham Research Institute)
This policy brief outlines the arguments for implementing a broadly uniform carbon price across sectors and considers how governments can begin to reduce perceptions of unfairness through improved policy-making and
Policy Brief on Fossil Fuel Subsidies
This UNEP brief provides an overview of how fossil fuel subsidies are defined and measured. It provides a synthetic description of the obstacles to removing these subsidies and highlights good
Environmental Pollution Tax Law in Viet Nam (GIZ)
This document is a “Frequently Asked Questions” briefing on the draft Environmental Pollution Tax Law of Vietnam in 2010. The brief provides an overview of the proposed tax including objects
IMF Work on Fiscal Policy and Climate Change (IMF)
Fiscal policy has a critical role to play in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and raising revenues for climate finance, fiscal consolidation, and other purposes. The Fiscal Affairs Department of the
Green Economy and Fiscal Policy (UN Environment)
This UN Environment Briefing Note introduces the importance of fiscal policy reform for a green economy. Fiscal policy provides a critical set of instruments for building green economies by pricing
