A framework for comparing climate mitigation policies across countries
Black, Simon ; Minnett, Danielle ; Parry, Ian W.H. ; Roaf, James ; Zhunussova, Karlygash
IMF - Washington, DC
2022
39 p.
climate change ; environmental policy ; decarbonization ; international agreement ; government policy
IMF Working Paper
WP/22/254
Government and public administration
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400228285.001
English
Bibliogr.
"There is growing interest in international coordination over climate mitigation policy. Climate clubs or international carbon price floors could complement the Paris Agreement by helping to deliver the near-term cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions needed to contain global warming to 1.5 to 2oC. To ensure inclusivity, these arrangements need to account for varying mitigation policies across countries, including carbon pricing, fuel taxes, subsidy reform, and non-pricing approaches like regulations. A transparent methodology is needed to compare and monitor mitigation effort by countries implementing diverse policy packages. This paper presents and illustrates a methodology for converting climate mitigation policies and targets into their carbon price equivalents and applies it to the Group of Twenty (G20) countries."
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