Carbon Pricing Archives - Page 21 of 33 - Canada's Ecofiscal Commission

Feb 17 2016

The Federal Government and the Three Carbon Coordination Options

As part of our ongoing blog series, we are exploring some of the difficult questions around designing and implementing a coordinated provincial-federal carbon pricing strategy. Previous blogs have explored the fundamental objectives and challenges of carbon coordination, the country’s GHG emission gap and the overall benefits of coordinating carbon pricing policies. As the benefits of […]

Coordinating Canadian Carbon Pricing Strategies - Level playing field

Feb 10 2016

The Benefits of Coordinating Canadian Carbon Pricing Strategies

by Jonathan Arnold

Climate and Energy Carbon Coordination Carbon Pricing Wonk Wednesday

As part of our ongoing blog series, we are exploring some of the difficult questions around designing and implementing a coordinated provincial-federal carbon pricing strategy. The first blog explored the core objectives and challenges of such a strategy, while the second blog explored the size of the emissions gap (i.e. the emissions reductions necessary to […]

carbon gaps - federal-provincial carbon coordination - GHG emissions - climate goals

Feb 3 2016

Carbon Gaps: Emissions, Policy and Prices

by Adam Baylin-Stern

Climate and Energy Carbon Coordination Carbon Pricing Climate Change Wonk Wednesday

We’re currently exploring some of the issues related to federal-provincial carbon coordination in a blog series, and the emissions gap is a key measure of the work at-hand. The first blog in the series outlined three primary objectives, and five of the largest inherent challenges. The logical next step is to think about the scale […]

federal-provincial coordination - carbon pricing policies

Jan 27 2016

The Many Pieces of Canada’s Federal-Provincial Climate Puzzle

by Chris Ragan

Climate and Energy Carbon Coordination Carbon Pricing Opinion Wonk Wednesday

Federal and provincial ministers will be meeting early in March to discuss how best to move forward with coherent policies aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Despite plenty of enthusiasm from the new federal government and a few provinces, the task ahead is daunting, and hard work will be required to sort through the many complex […]

Smoke stacks showing GHG emissions. Carbon pricing can adress GHG targets.

Dec 30 2015

Emissions policy should focus on carbon pricing, not carbon targets

by Chris Ragan

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Opinion

Now that Canadian policy-makers are back from the climate summit in Paris, there will be lots of talk about targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The federal government has indicated that the previous government’s target – reducing emissions by 30 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 – is a lower bound for ambition. And the […]

Ontario cap-and-trade submission - design options - Ecofiscal

Dec 16 2015

Ecofiscal Submission: Ontario Cap-and-Trade Design Options

by Chris Ragan

Climate and Energy Cap-and-trade Carbon Pricing Competitiveness

The Ecofiscal Commission firmly supports the advancement of the Ontario cap-and-trade program as a means to price carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effective and cost-effective manner. In November, the Government of Ontario released program design options for its incoming cap and trade system that will be linked with Quebec, Manitoba and California. […]

An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

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