63 results found
CPLC, WBG, PMR   |  
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2020

The State and Trends of Carbon Pricing series reflects on the growing momentum for carbon pricing worldwide. It targets the wide audience of public and private stakeholders engaged in carbon pricing design and implementation. This report provides an up-to-date overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments around the world, including national and subnational initiatives.



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures
Technology Transfer and Innovation for Low-Carbon Development
WBG   |  
Technology Transfer and Innovation for Low-Carbon Development

Technological revolutions have increased the world’s wealth to a level that was once unimaginable. They have done so unevenly, however, and in ways that have accelerated climate change. Technology Transfer and Innovation for Low-Carbon Development argues that most of the emissions reductions required to achieve the Paris Agreement goals can be reached through the global deployment of existing and commercially proven low-carbon technologies (LCTs).



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures, Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning, Align Policies with Paris Agreement, Share Experiences and Expertise
WBG, PMR   |  
Using Carbon Revenues

Carbon pricing is increasingly recognized as an important source of government revenue. Carbon revenues can be crucial in supporting cost-effective climate mitigation, industrial competitiveness and other economic and development objectives. How carbon revenues are used and how these uses are communicated are also critical for public and stakeholder acceptability of carbon pricing.



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures
EIB, UNEP   |  
Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP)

Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) supports the growth of sub-Saharan Africa's renewable energy industry by mobilizing private investment in renewable energy. Supported by the EIB and UNEP, the REPP programme supports renewable energy projects in sub-Sahara Africa with early financing, i.e. development cost support, and early debt or equity capital. 



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures, Share Experiences and Expertise
IISD, UNEP   |  
Measuring Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals

The 2030 Agenda calls for a “robust, voluntary, effective, participatory, transparent and integrated follow-up and review framework” to monitor progress against the SDGs (United Nations, 2015). A global SDG indicator framework was adopted by the General Assembly on 6 July 2017 as per the Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/71/313).



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures
WBG   |  
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2019

The dangerous consequences of climate change are clearer than ever before. Yet, analyses indicate that countries’ implemented policies and Nationally



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures
IMF   |  
Fiscal Policies for Paris Climate Strategies - From Principle to Practice

Fiscal Policies for Paris Climate Strategies - From Principle to Practice provides country-level guidance on the role, and design of, fiscal policies for implementing climate mitigation strategies that countries have submitted for the 2015 Paris Agreement and for addressing vulnerabilities in disaster-prone countries. On the mitigation side, the paper presents a spreadsheet tool for judging the likely impact on emissions, fiscal revenues, local air pollution mortality, and economic welfare impacts of a range of instruments including comprehensive carbo



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures, Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning, Share Experiences and Expertise
Shifting Gears: How the world’s leading financial centres are entering a new phase of strategic action on green and sustainable finance
UNEP   |  
Shifting Gears: How the World’s Leading Financial Centres are Entering a New Phase of Strategic Action on Green and Sustainable Finance

The world’s financial centres are the locations where supply and demand for green and sustainable finance will be matched. This report presents the first findings from an in-depth assessment of actions in 13 of these hubs, all members of the International Network of Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. The assessment reveals 10 key insights on how financial centres are mobilizing their expertise, connectivity and capital to help solve some of the world’s toughest financing challenges



Category:  Climate-Resilient Financial Sector, Share Experiences and Expertise, NDC Support and Implementation
WBG   |  
Fiscal Policies for Development and Climate Action (Full Report)

Climate policy has traditionally been viewed as the domain of energy and environment ministries. This report argues that environmental tax reforms, coupled with adaptation and risk management strategies, are among the most effective means to fight climate change and bolster economic resilience to natural disasters while raising human wellbeing.



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures, Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning, Align Policies with Paris Agreement, NDC Support and Implementation
WBG   |  
Fiscal Policies for Development and Climate Action - Policy Summary for Finance Ministers

This brochure summarizes the policy recommendations of a World Bank upcoming publication: Fiscal Policies for Development and Climate Action. The report is a call to action for Finance Ministers. It highlights the fundamental role that fiscal instruments can play as a cost-efficient way to reduce climate emissions and enhance development.  It calls for environmental taxes and the elimination of fossil fuels subsidies to ensure that energy prices reflect all externalities.



Category:  Promote Carbon Pricing Measures, Climate-Informed Fiscal Planning