Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy. Insights from India
10 February 2025 | New Delhi, India | By Invitation
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Energy,
India,
Industrial Policy,
Renewables
India has made significant progress over the last decade to deliver energy to its citizens and the economy. At the same time, many challenges remain...
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Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy. Insights from the United States
27 January 2025 | Washington, D.C. | By Invitation
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Energy,
Renewables,
United States
In the United States heavy reliance on fossil fuels leaves consumers vulnerable to international market volatility and geopolitical disruptions. Air pollution continues to pose health risks in numerous areas of the country.
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Financial Regulation and Supervision in Switzerland – Looking Ahead
22 May 2024 | Bern, Switzerland | By Invitation
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Financial Governance,
Financial Stability,
Financial Supervision
Prudential regulation and supervision are central to ensuring the resilience and strength of the financial sector. However, effective prudential regulation and supervision cannot be taken for granted...
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Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy. Insights from the United Kingdom
14 May 2024 | London, UK | By Invitation
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Decarbonization,
Energy,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies,
United Kingdom
Ensuring access to affordable, secure and clean energy is moving up economic policy agendas worldwide. While the objective is a global priority and international coordination is key, policy frameworks on the country level are vital to pursue this goal.
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Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy. Insights from France
1 March 2024 | Paris, France | By Invitation
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Decarbonization,
Energy,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
CEP hosted the first roundtable of a series in Paris on 1 March, to explore the opportunities and pitfalls of fiscal and regulatory frameworks for a sustainable energy future.
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How to Ensure Climate and Environmental Risk Resilience of Central Bank Operations and the Financial System
23 November 2022 | Singapore
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Supervision
CEP together with AMRO and SEACEN co-hosted a roundtable for central bankers and financial supervisors to exchange experiences, ideas and best practices on how to account for climate and environmental risks in central banking and financial supervision. The discussions covered (1) the challenges of climate
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Trade in Environmental Services – Lowering the Barriers, Seizing the Benefits
8 December 2021 10:00-11:30 CET | Online
Roundtables,
Trade | Tags:
Environmental Services,
Green Growth,
Services Trade
Major disruptions have often triggered technological revolutions and transitions to a new way of organizing production and consumption. The recovery from the Covid-19 crisis is such an opportunity for change. Technologies for a green recovery have matured over the past decade, and popular demand for
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Central Banks and Policy Coherence
23 November 2021 | Online
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Regulation,
Governing Finance
Modern central banks play an outsized role in our economic development through their central role in both monetary policy and financial regulation.
Many are now arguing that central banks should discharge their role in line with public policy on issues such as climate change, greening the
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Strengthening Climate Risk Metrics – A Roadmap for 2021
23 February 2021 | Online | By Invitation
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risk,
Financial Supervision,
Monetary Policy Operations,
Risk Metrics
Climate risks are financial risks. As such they must be incorporated into all investment decisions, including those by banks, investors and asset managers. They must also become an integral part of central banks’ monetary policy operations, as well as of financial supervision – both on
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Reforming Tax Expenditures – Focus on Europe
11, 18 and 25 February, 2021 | Online
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Consumption Tax,
Corporate Tax,
Personal Income Tax,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform,
Wealth Tax
A significant amount of government funding worldwide is channeled through tax breaks, aka “tax expenditures” (TEs), in the form of exemptions, deductions, credits, deferrals, and reduced tax rates.
Despite their magnitude and the fact that their net impact on government budgets is the same as direct
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