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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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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Working Paper — Sep 24, 2020
Quantities with Prices: Price-Responsive Allowance Supply in Environmental Markets
An evaluation of environmental pricing instrument design and evolution, and a conceptual framework for a price-responsive supply schedule
Press Release — Sep 16, 2020
Finding the “Sweet Spot” for Federal Oil & Gas Leasing Reform
Internalizing the social cost of carbon in federal oil and gas leases would reduce carbon emissions and raise federal revenue.
Explainer — Sep 10, 2020
Carbon Pricing 202: Pricing Carbon in the Transportation Sector
What are the effects of a carbon price on the transportation sector, from fuel prices to total miles traveled?
Working Paper — Sep 24, 2020
Quantities with Prices: Price-Responsive Allowance Supply in Environmental Markets
An evaluation of environmental pricing instrument design and evolution, and a conceptual framework for a price-responsive supply schedule
Explainer — Sep 10, 2020
Carbon Pricing 202: Pricing Carbon in the Transportation Sector
What are the effects of a carbon price on the transportation sector, from fuel prices to total miles traveled?
Working Paper — Aug 27, 2020
The Macroeconomic Impact of Europe's Carbon Taxes
By analyzing carbon taxes in European countries, a new RFF working paper finds that carbon taxes do not harm key economic factors—and could efficiently reduce emissions in the United States.
Workshop/Seminar — Jul 15, 2020
Exploring Innovative Transportation Policies
A summary of and presentations from a two-day virtual workshop on transportation carbon pricing in the TCI
RFF Live — Apr 30, 2020
Net Zero by 2070: Decarbonizing Global Industry
Assessing the range of technologies and policy interventions available to enable industrial decarbonization
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
Press Release — Sep 16, 2020
Finding the “Sweet Spot” for Federal Oil & Gas Leasing Reform
Internalizing the social cost of carbon in federal oil and gas leases would reduce carbon emissions and raise federal revenue.
Press Release — Aug 27, 2020
New Research Finds No Evidence that EU Carbon Taxes Hurt Employment or GDP Growth
By analyzing carbon taxes in European countries, a new RFF working paper finds that carbon taxes do not harm key economic factors—and could efficiently reduce emissions in the United States.
Press Release — Aug 7, 2020
Tax Adjustment Mechanisms Can Improve Likelihood of Success for Carbon Taxes
New research from Resources for the Future and Environmental Defense Fund finds adjustment mechanisms can reduce the emissions uncertainty associated with carbon taxes.
Resources Articles — Jun 15, 2020
Looking Back at 50 Years of the Clean Air Act of 1970
A major retrospective analysis of the Clean Air Act reveals its many public health benefits, along with its associated costs.
Resources Articles — Jun 15, 2020
Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy: A “Refresher” Course
This archived article drawn from a 2003 issue of Resources expounds on the effectiveness of market-based solutions to pollution problems.
Resources Radio — May 26, 2020
Decarbonizing Global Industry, with Jeffrey Rissman
Jeffrey Rissman explores ways to decarbonize industry, contending that investment in research, technology, and policy is vital to meet climate goals.