Differentiated Carbon Prices in the Electricity Sector: Towards a Cooperative Approach Based on Purchasing Power Parity
Patrick Lenain | 25 August 2023
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Renewables One in five people lacks access to affordable and reliable power. Properly designed, differentiated carbon prices based on purchasing power parity exchange rates (PPPs) would be a giant step to delivering electricity that is more affordable, secure, and clean.
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All Hands On Deck To Confront The Energy Crisis
Patrick Lenain | 15 November 2022
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies The current energy crisis illustrates once again the importance of reliable, diversified and affordable energy sources. Strong price increases inflict heavy economic damages: if coal, oil and gas retain their recent high prices, global spending on energy will reach 13% of GDP in 2022 –
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Carbon Prices and Carbon Leakage
Oliver Braunschweig and
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås | 15 November 2021
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Carbon Tax Over the past weeks, the conversation over a global carbon price has considerably moved up policy debates worldwide. Just half a year ago, hardly anyone would have seen such a global floor as a viable option. Now, it still comes with a big question mark,
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Green Fiscal Reform Was Not Invited to the G20’s Tango Show
Michael Jakob | 1 August 2018
Fiscal,
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Carbon Pricing,
Climate Change,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies,
Latin America The Argentine G20 presidency has three concrete priorities: jobs, infrastructure, and food security. Strikingly though, carbon pricing was not invited for Tango. Indeed, the absence of carbon pricing as well as green fiscal reform among the list of priorities within this year’s agenda jeopardizes the
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Climate Change, Carbon Pricing and Energy Tax Expenditures
Agustin Redonda | 6 October 2016
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Climate Change,
Energy,
Tax Expenditures Climate change is moving up policy agendas worldwide. Last year’s COP21 was yet another wake-up call that the international community needs to take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The main outcome of the meeting, the Paris Agreement, was a significant milestone in
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