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
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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 — Sep 24, 2021
Sinema’s Income Tax Stance Has Democrats Looking Anew at a Carbon Tax
RFF analysis and commentary by RFF President Richard Newell are featured in this article by the New York Times.
Media Highlight — Sep 17, 2021
Daily on Energy: Biden Can't Meet Emissions Targets Without Carbon Pricing, Research Shows
A Washington Examiner newsletter focuses on new research on emissions reductions by an RFF team.
Media Highlight — Sep 17, 2021
1 Big Thing: Sizing Up the Big Beltway Climate Plans
An analysis of the emissions reduction potential of timely climate policies is profiled in the first item of an Axios Generate newsletter.
Issue Brief — Sep 16, 2021
Emissions Projections under Alternative Climate Policy Proposals
In this issue brief, RFF researchers estimate the projected energy-related carbon dioxide emissions under different climate policy proposals.
Working Paper — Aug 9, 2021
The International Diffusion of Climate Policy: Theory and Evidence
Amid renewed urgency to achieve deep reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions, this paper analyses the mechanisms of international diffusion of climate policies and the role these mechanisms play in the domestic adoption of such policies.
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.
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
Media Highlight — Sep 24, 2021
Sinema’s Income Tax Stance Has Democrats Looking Anew at a Carbon Tax
RFF analysis and commentary by RFF President Richard Newell are featured in this article by the New York Times.
Media Highlight — Sep 17, 2021
Daily on Energy: Biden Can't Meet Emissions Targets Without Carbon Pricing, Research Shows
A Washington Examiner newsletter focuses on new research on emissions reductions by an RFF team.
Media Highlight — Sep 17, 2021
1 Big Thing: Sizing Up the Big Beltway Climate Plans
An analysis of the emissions reduction potential of timely climate policies is profiled in the first item of an Axios Generate newsletter.
Common Resources — Sep 16, 2021
Under Construction: The Build Back Better Act
RFF experts assess early committee drafts of the Build Back Better Act, a far-reaching bill designed around the Senate’s unique reconciliation process that addresses clean energy and infrastructure spending.
Resources Radio — Sep 14, 2021
Border Tax Adjustments, with Brian Flannery
Brian Flannery describes the challenge of imposing border adjustments on goods from countries whose climate policies aren’t sufficiently ambitious.
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?