Vietnam's solar and wind power success: Policy implications for the other ASEAN countries

Submitted by Luat Do on
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This study analyzes the factors that have facilitated Vietnam's recent rapid solar and wind power expansion and draws policy insights for other member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). A policy-mix analysis focusing on targets, incentive instruments, enabling regulations, and policy implementation is carried out, informed by semi-structured interviews with 20 Vietnamese experts during the period January–March 2021. A comparative analysis between Vietnam and the other ASEAN countries provides policy insights.

Carbon Pricing, Policy Design

Carbon pricing in Vietnam: Options for adoption

Submitted by Luat Do on
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This paper investigates options for carbon price adoption in Vietnam, with a focus on model designs capable of meeting the country's updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). We employ an ex-ante policy evaluation across environmental, economic, social, and political dimensions, drawing on interviews with key stakeholders. A multi-criteria analysis is also pursued to provide an overall comparison across policy options.

Carbon Pricing, Policy Design

Is the cross-correlation of EU carbon market price with policy uncertainty really being? A multiscale multifractal perspective

Submitted by Luat Do on
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This paper aims to examine the cross-correlation relationship between EU carbon market price and the economic policy uncertainty. The United Kingdom and the United State of America are chosen as the representative countries. We first conduct the linear analysis to explore the correlation of EU carbon market futures return with the economic policy uncertainty of the two countries. Our findings show that there is no linear correlation between EU carbon market return and economic policy uncertainty.

Carbon Pricing

EEU Seminar - Jan Steckel

The next speaker in the EEU seminar series is Jan Steckel who is currently the head of Climate and Development working group at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change…

Date: Monday 1 November — Monday 1 November, 2021
Location: B44 and Zoom

IMF report stresses the imminent need for correct carbon pricing

A recent report from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, underlines the urgency of ending the subsidies of fossil fuels and implementing carbon taxes globally. This report contains a global, regional and country-specific update. The message is very clear: The world needs a correct price on carbon that accounts for its real costs, but currently the development is heading the wrong way.

No Brainers in India

Submitted by Ishita Datta on

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.

Carbon Pricing, Policy Design

Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

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.

Air Quality, Carbon Pricing, Policy Design