Carbon pricing for climate action
Carbon prices are needed to incorporate climate change costs into economic decision making. Carbon pricing should be included as part of a broader arsenal of tools to achieve domestic climate targets,
Carbon Tax
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Enhancing carbon pricing and international carbon market readiness through the mitigation action assessment protocol: summary report
Putting a price on carbon can be an indispensable part of a country’s strategy to reduce emissions in an efficient way. Furthermore, putting a price on carbon through international carbon markets can also
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The poverty and distributional impacts of carbon pricing: channels and policy implications
Addressing the poverty and distributional impacts of carbon pricing reforms is critical for the success of ambitious actions in the fight against climate change. This paper uses a simple framework to systematically
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Incentivizing carbon taxation in low-income countries: tax rebating versus carbon crediting
Border carbon adjustments imply that high-income countries set taxes on energy-intensive imports that are proportional to the carbon content of these imports, to match their own carbon taxes. This paper
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Beyond mitigation: quantifying the development benefits of carbon pricing
Carbon pricing can reduce emissions cost-effectively, and it can also generate a number of other benefits. This guide provides an overview of these benefits to help policy makers advance a variety of sustainable
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State and trends of carbon pricing 2021
This report provides an up-to-date overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments around the world, including international, national and subnational initiatives. It also investigates trends
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Climate policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: success stories and challenges in the fight against climate change
The Latin American and Caribbean region is highly vulnerable to climate change. Historically, the region has adopted an “adaptation first” posture. The regions early adoption and implementation of the
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Climate policy leadership in an interconnected world: what role for border carbon adjustments?
This report provides a broad and evidence-based analytical perspective of the debate around the possible role of a Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA) to deal with climate change. The new context of divergent
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Understanding the role of subsidies in South Africa’s coal-based liquid fuel sector
This policy brief analyzes the coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuel sector in South Africa, exploring the role of subsidies in driving the consumption of coal-derived fuels. It focuses on the various support measures
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Climate Insights 2020: Policies and Politics
<p>A number of policies are extremely popular with Americans in 2020 and have been consistently popular across past surveys as well. For example, huge numbers of Americans favor government effort to shift