Carbon Pricing Archives - Page 9 of 33 - Canada's Ecofiscal Commission

Picture of Boston, demonstrating the US where carbon pricing is working

Apr 25 2018

Carbon pricing works in the U.S.

Carbon pricing is emerging as the tool of choice to reduce emissions. More governments are relying on carbon pricing, and more evidence is piling up that it works. Ecofiscal’s latest report highlights three case studies, including one on California. Today, we’ll dive deeper into the U.S.’s other cap-and-trade system: the Northeast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative […]

Apr 18 2018

We can design fair carbon pricing (and we already are)

by Jason Dion

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Fairness Revenue Recycling

In discussions about carbon pricing, the question of how it will impact low-income households comes up a lot. Put in other words, is carbon pricing unfair? In this blog, I discuss how carbon pricing might affect low-income earners, how smart policy can address potential equity issues, and what Canadian governments are doing about it. The […]

Apr 11 2018

Carbon pricing works in Sweden

by Brendan Frank

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Carbon Pricing Works Carbon tax Economics for the Rest of Us

Governments around the world are embracing carbon pricing as a central component of their strategies to reduce GHG emissions. Ecofiscal’s latest report highlights why and how carbon pricing works, with case studies from British Columbia, California and the UK. Today, we’ll build on those three and dust off a case study on Sweden, which has […]

Mar 14 2018

Hey! Who put this carbon in my ice cream?

by Brendan Frank

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Economics for the Rest of Us

How big is your carbon footprint? Getting the full picture can be difficult. We have a sense of the emissions we produce directly, when we drive our cars or cook with gas, for example. Emissions we produce indirectly are less obvious, but they’re still “embodied” in the goods we buy. One of the biggest sources […]

A flooded city - Meaningful Canadian climate policy can make a difference for us and the rest of world.

Mar 7 2018

Meaningful climate policy: Can’t someone else do it?

by Jonathan Arnold

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Climate Change Wonk Wednesday

To a narrow, yet vocal contingent of Canadians, taking action on climate change is misguided or downright foolish. Why should Canada do anything about climate change? How can a country with only 0.5% of the world’s population stop the glaciers from melting or the oceans from warming? Why should Canadians put their necks out and […]

Clean Fuel Standard; Carbon pricing; Complementary policies; Cost-effectiveness; Jürgen Sandesneben

Feb 21 2018

Cost Control: The cost-effectiveness of a Clean Fuel Standard

by Dale Beugin and Guest Blogger

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Competitiveness Complementary Policies Wonk Wednesday

by Dale Beugin and Nic Rivers The most significant greenhouse gas policy you’ve probably never heard of—the federal Clean Fuel Standard (CFS)—is being developed this winter and throughout 2018. The federal government is looking for substantial emissions reductions from the policy. But a key question is how much will those emissions reductions cost? Could other […]

An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

Carbon Pricing