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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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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Media Highlight — Aug 23, 2023
POLITICO: "There's a Run on Carbon Credits. That's Good News for the Budget."
A segment in POLITICO's new California Climate newsletter quotes RFF Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw regarding the state's recent auction of greenhouse gas permits.
Report — Jul 17, 2023
How Would Facility-Specific Emissions Caps Affect the California Carbon Market?
This report examines the potential effects on disadvantaged communities of implementing facility-specific requirements in California's cap-and-trade program.
Testimony and Public Comments — Jul 7, 2023
Comments to the California Air Resources Board on Implementing Facility-Specific Caps in the California Cap-and-Trade Program
This comment addressed to the California Air Resources Board examines the potential impacts of facility-specific emissions caps on California’s cap-and-trade program.
Webinar — Jul 6, 2023
Learning Sessions to Inform New York's Development of an Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program
A webinar series by the Georgetown Climate Center, Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and Resources for the Future.
Report — Jul 17, 2023
How Would Facility-Specific Emissions Caps Affect the California Carbon Market?
This report examines the potential effects on disadvantaged communities of implementing facility-specific requirements in California's cap-and-trade program.
Testimony and Public Comments — Jul 7, 2023
Comments to the California Air Resources Board on Implementing Facility-Specific Caps in the California Cap-and-Trade Program
This comment addressed to the California Air Resources Board examines the potential impacts of facility-specific emissions caps on California’s cap-and-trade program.
Testimony and Public Comments — May 15, 2023
Comments to the Washington Department of Ecology on Connecting Washington’s Cap-and-Invest Program to Other Carbon Markets
To the Washington Department of Ecology on the potential for Washington State to link its carbon market with the shared market of California and Quebec.
Report — May 9, 2023
The Prospects for Pennsylvania as a RGGI Member
This report from RFF and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy incorporates impacts of the war in Ukraine and the Inflation Reduction Act to produce a fresh, independent analysis of the effects should Pennsylvania join RGGI.
Webinar — Jul 6, 2023
Learning Sessions to Inform New York's Development of an Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program
A webinar series by the Georgetown Climate Center, Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and Resources for the Future.
RFF Live — Sep 22, 2022
The Global Climate Policy Partnership: Decarbonizing Global Manufacturing
At the launch event of the Global Climate Policy Partnership, experts from around the world delve into a crucial component of the climate challenge—the manufacturing sector.
RFF Live — Jun 8, 2022
Decarbonization Policy and International Competitiveness
An event—featuring Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and a panel of experts—breaking down new proposals for border carbon adjustments and the future of decarbonization and trade
RFF Live — Mar 10, 2022
The Future of Carbon Pricing: Policy in Action
A review of trends and trajectories in carbon pricing around the world
On the Issues — Oct 7, 2022
On the Issues: International Trade, World Carbon Pricing Database, and More
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: international trade, World Carbon Pricing Database, and more.
Common Resources — Sep 30, 2022
Who Puts a Price on Carbon?
A new open-source data tool tracks which national and subnational jurisdictions have put a price on carbon emissions over the past 30 years with either a tax or a cap-and-trade system.
Resources Radio — Aug 16, 2022
Upending Conventional Wisdom on Carbon Pricing in the Power Sector, with Ryan Kellogg
Ryan Kellogg discusses why carbon pricing actually may not be a more efficient emissions-reduction policy than clean energy standards or subsidies.
Common Resources — Aug 10, 2022
California Cap and Trade Explained
California’s cap-and-trade program limits carbon emissions, creates a market for tradable emissions credits, and funds decarbonization projects. The program’s history, successes, and lessons learned can help similar programs elsewhere succeed.
Media Highlight — Aug 23, 2023
POLITICO: "There's a Run on Carbon Credits. That's Good News for the Budget."
A segment in POLITICO's new California Climate newsletter quotes RFF Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw regarding the state's recent auction of greenhouse gas permits.
Media Highlight — Jun 9, 2023
E&E News: "PA Coal Plants Keep Closing. Does the State Need Carbon Trading?"
An article about Pennsylvania's changing electricity landscape cites a report authored by scholars at RFF and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Media Highlight — Jun 6, 2023
Energy Policy Now: "Pennsylvania Effort to Join RGGI Faces Legal, Political Peril"
The University of Pennsylvania's Kleinman Center for Energy Policy podcast invites RFF Research Associate Maya Domeshek to discuss a new report she coauthored about the effects of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on Pennyslvania.
Media Highlight — May 26, 2023
The Economic Times: An Interview with Billy Pizer
The Economic Times, a prominent Indian newspaper, published a Q&A with RFF Vice President for Research and Policy Engagement Billy Pizer.
