Carbon Pricing
Economists around the world consider carbon pricing the most economically efficient climate policy option. 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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Carbon Pricing Bill Tracker
Compare bills introduced in the 116th and 117th Congress that would implement a price on carbon dioxide emissions.
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Explainer Video: Carbon Pricing 101
Watch this animated video explainer to learn the basics of carbon pricing!
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Border Adjustments
Examining the design, implementation costs, and policy impacts of border adjustments
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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Common Resources — Jul 29, 2021
Border Carbon Adjustments: How to Implement in Countries That Don’t Have a Carbon Price
A large body of research considers how a border adjustment tax can be imposed on goods from countries that don’t implement a carbon price. A new RFF working paper considers a more complex question: How can nations without a price implement their own tax?
Press Release — Jul 29, 2021
Nations Differ on Climate Policies—But What Does That Mean for International Trade?
To contend with the global web of national climate policies, new research from Resources for the Future (RFF) presents multiple policy options that could create fair trading conditions while incentivizing lower carbon emissions.
Working Paper — Jul 29, 2021
Border Carbon Adjustments without Full (or Any) Carbon Pricing
In outlining a possible way forward for border carbon adjustments (BCAs), the authors consider ways to create fair conditions for both domestic and foreign products while simultaneously decreasing global carbon emissions.
Working Paper — Jul 29, 2021
Border Carbon Adjustments without Full (or Any) Carbon Pricing
In outlining a possible way forward for border carbon adjustments (BCAs), the authors consider ways to create fair conditions for both domestic and foreign products while simultaneously decreasing global carbon emissions.
Working Paper — Jul 12, 2021
Understanding the Resistance to Carbon Taxes: A Case Study of Sweden
A survey of a national sample of the Swedish population, as well as members of a large organization that protests against fuel taxes, highlights the factors that influence resistance to carbon taxes.
Explainer — Jun 21, 2021
Video Explainer: Carbon Pricing 101
A video overview of carbon pricing explains the basics of how this policy tool works, the different types, and the implications it has for people, the economy, and the environment.
Advanced Energy Technologies Series — Jul 30, 2021
Clean Energy Innovation: How Beneficial is Government Funding?
A panel discussion on the effects of government support for advanced energy technology research, development, and demonstration (RD&D)
Policy Leadership Series — May 11, 2021
Policy Leadership Series with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby
A conversation with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on the airline's decarbonization strategy and the future of the industry
Workshop/Seminar — Apr 15, 2021
US Climate Ambition in 2030: Insights from Recent Modeling
A virtual meeting on what’s needed to put the United States on a path to net-zero emissions by midcentury
Press Release — Jul 29, 2021
Nations Differ on Climate Policies—But What Does That Mean for International Trade?
To contend with the global web of national climate policies, new research from Resources for the Future (RFF) presents multiple policy options that could create fair trading conditions while incentivizing lower carbon emissions.
Media Highlight — Jun 17, 2021
1st Carbon Border Tax is Coming. What It Means for the US
RFF scholars Jan Mares and Brian Flannery are quoted in an E&E News story about carbon border adjustments and their implications.
Press Release — May 26, 2021
With a Detailed Model, the Positive Economic Effects of a Carbon Tax Come to Light
By considering the effects of a carbon tax on business creation and clean technology adoption, a new model finds that a tax creates a mild positive effect on economic activity and negligible effects on unemployment.
Common Resources — Jul 29, 2021
Border Carbon Adjustments: How to Implement in Countries That Don’t Have a Carbon Price
A large body of research considers how a border adjustment tax can be imposed on goods from countries that don’t implement a carbon price. A new RFF working paper considers a more complex question: How can nations without a price implement their own tax?
Resources Radio — Jun 22, 2021
Do Carbon Taxes Hurt the Economy?, with Gilbert Metcalf
Gilbert Metcalf describes how a modest carbon price could impact GDP, employment, and companies’ willingness to invest in clean energy.
Common Resources — Jun 10, 2021
While Corporate Support for Carbon Pricing Grows, Political Enthusiasm Remains Uncertain
A forthcoming infrastructure bill could include a range of climate policies, including a carbon price. But even as energy companies and business groups increasingly endorse carbon pricing, many policymakers have yet to make their positions clear.