Carbon Pricing
RFF experts are informing the design and examining the impacts of carbon pricing to help leaders better understand the fiscal and environmental costs and benefits.
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Build your own carbon pricing policy and compare it to existing proposals.
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Carbon Pricing Bill Tracker
Compare bills introduced in the 116th Congress that would implement a price on carbon dioxide emissions.
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Cap and Trade
Analyzing and advising on policies in the United States and elsewhere
Carbon Taxes
Examining potential impacts, revenue use options, and more.
Clean Energy Standards
Working with policymakers to provide economic analysis on potential legislation
Climate Policy in California
Evaluating climate policy in California, beginning with Assembly Bill 32.
RGGI
Analyzing programs in place through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
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Press Release — Apr 1, 2020
Major New Study Charts Course to Net Zero Industrial Emissions
Interdisciplinary team assesses technology and policy strategies for industrial decarbonization
A Status Report on Global Emissions Trading, with Stephanie La Hoz Theuer
Stephanie La Hoz Theuer assesses how emissions trading systems are performing globally and outlines continually vexing challenges for policymakers.
Press Release — Mar 31, 2020
New Episode of Resources Radio: A Status Report on Global Emissions Trading, with Stephanie La Hoz Theuer
Stephanie La Hoz Theuer assesses how emissions trading systems are performing globally and outlines continually vexing challenges for policymakers.
Journal Article — Mar 29, 2020
Technologies and Policies to Decarbonize Global Industry: Review and Assessment of Mitigation Drivers through 2070
Fully decarbonizing global industry is essential to achieving climate stabilization, and reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050–2070 is necessary to limit global warming to 2 °C. This paper assembles and evaluates technical and policy interventions, both on the supply side and on the demand side.
Data Tool — Mar 18, 2020
Carbon Pricing Bill Tracker
Compare bills introduced in the 116th Congress that would implement a price on carbon dioxide emissions
Working Paper — Mar 12, 2020
Mechanisms to Reduce Emissions Uncertainty under a Carbon Tax
This paper introduces hybrid carbon tax policies that combine an initial price path with automatic tax adjustment mechanisms (TAMs) and evaluate how much these mechanisms can reduce emissions uncertainty.
Workshop/Seminar — Mar 13, 2020
Adding Mitigation Certainty to a US Carbon Tax: A Workshop on the REEP Symposium (Postponed)
A discussion on how to address emissions uncertainty in US carbon tax design
Policy Leadership Series — Mar 4, 2020
Policy Leadership Series with Former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
A conversation with former US Energy Secretary Moniz on global energy and climate policy
RFF Live — Nov 21, 2019
The Future of Carbon Pricing: Exploring the Latest Global Developments
A review of the latest trends in carbon pricing worldwide
Press Release — Apr 1, 2020
Major New Study Charts Course to Net Zero Industrial Emissions
Interdisciplinary team assesses technology and policy strategies for industrial decarbonization
Press Release — Mar 31, 2020
New Episode of Resources Radio: A Status Report on Global Emissions Trading, with Stephanie La Hoz Theuer
Stephanie La Hoz Theuer assesses how emissions trading systems are performing globally and outlines continually vexing challenges for policymakers.
Press Release — Mar 9, 2020
New Data Tool Compares Carbon Pricing Bills in the 116th Congress
RFF's new Carbon Pricing Bill Tracker allows users to compare the eight carbon pricing bills introduced in the 116th Congress.
A Status Report on Global Emissions Trading, with Stephanie La Hoz Theuer
Stephanie La Hoz Theuer assesses how emissions trading systems are performing globally and outlines continually vexing challenges for policymakers.
A Blueprint for Durable Climate Policy: The Evolution of RGGI
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a model program for others that have a similar mission of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Technology-Inclusive Climate Strategy: An Open Race with Many Winners
Making the case for welcoming a range of potential solutions to tackle the global climate challenge while meeting the world’s energy and economic needs.