WRI
A Carbon Price Can Benefit the Poor While ...

Climate discussions like those we’ve just been seeing at the UN summit in Katowice, Poland tend to focus on working together to deliver existing climate commitments and raising ambition—getting countries to reduce more GHG emissions, faster.  But there’s an equally important issue that gets far less attention: ensuring climate action is delivered in a way that doesn’t leave anyone behind, particularly the world’s most vulnerable people.

See Helen Mountford and Molly McGregors’ latest blog post on how carbon pricing can benefit the poor and reduce emissions.

Dr Aisha Al-Sarihi
How can carbon pricing support economic ...

The Arab Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE –are highly vulnerable to oil price shocks due to their high economic reliance on oil and gas export revenues. Historically, oil price shocks have been a source of pressure on the Arab Gulf States economies. However, only since mid-2014 have oil prices seemed to pressure on political regimes to consider domestic economic reforms and development of alternative sources of income (i.e. economic diversification).

To avoid long-term negative implications – such as increasing total CO2 emissions and deterioration of air quality associated with increasing downstream petrochemical energy intensive industries, fossil fuel subsidy reforms, enhancing energy efficiency and the use of clean energy technologies are indeed instrumental to tackle such issues. In this article, carbon pricing is proposed as a useful instrument to complement the aforementioned tools.

How can carbon pricing support economic diversification in the Arab Gulf States?
Alexandre Kossoy
Climate change threats global development – ...

To address the global development risks posed by climate change, a major technological shift leading to a substantial reduction in the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be necessary. In parallel, the substantial global economic and development distortions - that lead to inequality - do not enable the technological and financial transfers needed for a sustainable and equitable global economy. This brings us to a fundamental question:  when climate change only imposes an additional threat of unseen scale, how can we change the economic status-quo?

Climate change threats global development – what's the role of carbon pricing?
Statoil
Carbon pricing leads to emission reductions

Statoil has been operating in a market where an external carbon price has existed since the early 1990s. Due to CO2 tax and other regulatory measures the oil and gas industry in Norway has adopted emission-reduction measures corresponding to more than five million tonnes of CO2 per annum since 1996. Consequently, Norwegian oil and gas production is in the global premier division for low GHG emissions and the average amount emitted per unit produced is about half the world average.

Carbon pricing leads to emission reductions
Dominik Englert
Three reasons why maritime transport must act ...

Several key global players are now calling on the maritime sector to challenge the status quo and limit its climate impact. From our perspective, we see at least three major reasons that can explain why emissions from maritime transport are becoming a global priority.

Three reasons why maritime transport must act on climate change

Linking in a world of significant policy uncertainty

Linking in a world of significant policy uncertainty

And then there were three. As of January 1st, 2018, Ontario has joined California and Québec, linking their respective carbon markets. In a post-Paris world of bottom-up climate policy, linking of climate policy matters. It provides a concrete step forward on the Paris Declaration on Carbon Pricing in the Americas. It shows that, while the U.S. federal government is dismantling much-needed climate protections, states, together with Canadian provinces, are moving forward. Linking, if done right, can be a powerful enabler of greater ambition. It also raises important questions.

Sustainability performance: How are France’s largest companies addressing climate risk?

Sustainability performance: How are France’s largest companies addressing climate risk?

An exclusive report from the EcoAct Group shows more CAC40 companies are adopting an internal carbon price. Two years after COP21, global greenhouse gas emissions are again on the rise in 2017. The challenge now is to move from statements of alignment with the Paris Agreement to real action towards decarbonizing our economy. How are French companies approaching this issue? To explore the answer this question, the EcoAct Group conducted research on the climate performance of CAC 40 companies and published the findings in an exclusive report.  

Climate Change Is an Overwhelming Problem. Here Are 4 Things Executives Can Do Today

Climate Change Is an Overwhelming Problem. Here Are 4 Things Executives Can Do Today

Today’s climate challenge is so far beyond our collective experience that it demands a radically different kind of engagement from senior leadership teams in the private sector. The threats that climate change poses to business, markets, and, indeed, capitalism are peculiarly hard for most top teams to spot, let alone act on.

How Indian companies use carbon pricing as a planning tool

How Indian companies use carbon pricing as a planning tool

Last month, at the fourth annual Climate Business Forum, hosted in New Delhi by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, there was a buzz in the air about business opportunities in clean solutions, as Indian government ministers, leading companies and investors presented their plans to scale up solar, green buildings and distributed energy storage using disruptive business models and innovative financing.

Three reasons why maritime transport must act on climate change

Three reasons why maritime transport must act on climate change

Several key global players are now calling on the maritime sector to challenge the status quo and limit its climate impact. From our perspective, we see at least three major reasons that can explain why emissions from maritime transport are becoming a global priority.

When banks come on board: the role of the finance industry in decarbonizing the shipping sector

When banks come on board: the role of the finance industry in decarbonizing the shipping sector

On November 7, 2017, the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) launched an Executive Briefing on internal carbon pricing for ship-financing banks at Citibank’s offices in London. This knowledge product was developed with kind support from Carbon War Room. It is meant to generate discussion at the highest levels of ship finance around how to start preparing for upcoming GHG emissions regulations. Hosted by Michael Parker, Head of Shipping at Citibank and Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Maritime Forum, the launch event gathered about 20-30 directors from leading ship-financing financial institutions.

IMO climate strategy must be in line with 1.5°C temperature rise limit

IMO climate strategy must be in line with 1.5°C temperature rise limit

Adopting IMO’s initial strategy is critical, but it must be an ambitious one, writes Marshall Islands president Hilda C Heine from the Bonn climate talks

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