While the world leaders are gathering in Glasgow to determine the political contributions to solve the climate crisis, the international research community is also ready to do its part. EfD has been…
The EfD partner institution Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) will host a side event on “ The Political Economy of Coal and its Implications for Clean Energy…
EfD Nigeria organized a one-day workshop for journalists covering environmental beats in major Nigerian media on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. The journalists expressed excitement over the EfD’s…
Urbanisation often comes at the cost of the natural environment. Traditional regulations have limited effects, highlighting the need for market-based policy approaches for better environmental…
Senior officers from several Tanzanian ministries participated in the workshop. The purpose was to discuss key policy instruments to use to achieve a green, inclusive economy. The workshop was part of…
Elizabeth Robinson is the Director of the prestigious Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics . EfD is proud to present her as one of the…
What do Prince Charles and Leonardo DiCaprio have in common? At least one thing: the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Meet its Director of Science, Alexandre Antonelli, a man passionate about…
The chapter by Shoibal Chakravarty and E. Somonathan focuses on coal, which accounts for a whopping 64% of India’s CO2 emissions in 2021. Since coal combustion also releases other deadly pollutants and particulates, its elimination would have collateral local environmental benefits. The current tax accounts for 20–40% of the price of coal paid by coal-burning power plants, which the authors consider to be well below the level which would internalise even the local component of the pollution externality.
This study shows that people are willing to pay more for certain technical and environmental features of electric vehicles. However, policy measures such as preferential parking rates have no significant value for the participants.
The climate targets agreed upon in the Paris Agreement will eventually need to be backed by ambitious climate policies. Putting a price on carbon and abolishing subsidies on fossil fuels is usually widely agreed upon by economists to be the economically efficient solution (High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices 2017). An increasing amount of countries, including low- and middle-income economies (LMICs), have already introduced (or plan to do so) carbon pricing schemes.