The ODI released their annual G20 Brown to Green report this week, showing that G20 countries’ energy-related CO2 emissions rose for a second year running in 2018. According to the
5 November 2019: This week the Conference Board of Canada released an analysis of the impacts of carbon pricing on Canadian industry called Tipping the Scales: Assessing carbon competitiveness and
The Earth Institute’s Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management has conducted a comparative study on the suitability of different carbon pricing mechanisms for mitigating climate change in different economic
Carbon pricing revenues can be crucial in supporting cost-effective climate mitigation, industrial competitiveness and other economic and development objectives. What is more, the use of carbon revenues and the way
The IMF’s Fiscal Monitor asserts that limiting the planet’s warming to 2 degrees Celsius will require raising the carbon tax to $75 (from the current average of $2) per ton
The recently released OECD report reveals 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions from advanced and emerging economies are entirely untaxed. Emissions from road fuels are among those most highly taxed but rarely
The IISD’s piece on the new OECD report, Going for Growth 2019, highlights the fact that, for the first time, the report explicitly includes environmental sustainability considerations. The report calls
Slow growth, high uncertainty and rising levels of inequality should prompt policy makers to take urgent action to achieve stronger, sustainable and more inclusive growth, states the OECD’s annual Going
The Roosevelt Institute recently published a report called “Decarbonizing the US Economy: Pathways Towards a Green New Deal”. In the report, they argue that a fast decarbonization program is in
The purpose of this new study prepared by the European Commission is to estimate the costs and foregone benefits for the EU from not achieving the environmental targets specified in
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