International Climate Policy
Providing global economic analysis, insights, and creative, effective, and equitable policy solutions needed to achieve ambitious climate targets.
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Border Adjustments
Examining the design, implementation costs, and policy impacts of border adjustments
Comprehensive Climate Strategies
Generating ideas to drive emissions reductions efficiently and equitably
Equity in the Energy Transition
Exploring solutions to the challenges raised by a transition away from fossil fuels
Resources for the Future at COP27
Resources for the Future at COP28
RFF is hosting a series of engagements at COP28, bringing our experts together with leading global voices to explore the policies, innovations, and market forces needed to meet the climate crisis.
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On the Issues — Apr 19, 2024
Earth Day and Plastic Waste, Pause on Liquefied Natural Gas, and More
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: Earth Day and plastic waste, pause on liquefied natural gas, and more.
Common Resources — Apr 18, 2024
Assessing China’s New Nationwide Effort to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
China has implemented the world’s largest emissions trading system in an effort to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions. New research assesses the system’s benefits, costs, and effectiveness.
Resources Radio — Apr 16, 2024
Toward a More Sustainable Plastics Economy, with Fernando Vidal
Fernando Vidal discusses the carbon footprint of plastics and potential technological and policy options to reduce the negative environmental impacts of the global plastics economy.
Report — Apr 16, 2024
Navigating Sustainable Skies: Challenges and Strategies for Greener Aviation
This report outlines challenges, strategies, and policy efforts for greener aviation, both in the United States and globally.
Report — Apr 16, 2024
Navigating Sustainable Skies: Challenges and Strategies for Greener Aviation
This report outlines challenges, strategies, and policy efforts for greener aviation, both in the United States and globally.
Report — Apr 2, 2024
Global Energy Outlook 2024: Peaks or Plateaus?
RFF's annual Global Energy Outlook harmonizes a range of long-term energy projections to find key trends in global energy consumption, emissions, and geopolitics.
Working Paper — Feb 22, 2024
China’s Nationwide CO2 Emissions Trading System: A General Equilibrium Assessment
This working paper offers a dynamic general equilibrium assessment of China's tradable performance standard for carbon dioxide emissions.
Report — Dec 7, 2023
Policy Challenges for Accessing Critical Minerals to Electrify Vehicle Transport
This report explores challenges to accessing the supply of critical minerals necessary for widespread vehicle electrification in the United States.
RFF Live — Apr 2, 2024
The Global Energy Outlook 2024: Peaks or Plateaus?
An in-depth panel discussion on some of the potential long-term outlooks for energy markets and the global energy system
RFF Live — Mar 28, 2023
The Global Energy Outlook 2023: Sowing the Seeds of an Energy Transition
An in-depth panel discussion on some of the potential long-term outlooks for energy markets and the global energy system
RFF Live — Nov 14, 2022
US Climate Policy: The Road Ahead
US Climate Policy: The Road Ahead
EIEE Event — Nov 11, 2022
COP27 Side event | Deep into the Future Planet: Journalism, Media and Narratives of the Climate Crisis
A COP27 side event hosted by our partners at CMCC on the importance of communication in tackling the climate crisis
On the Issues — Apr 19, 2024
Earth Day and Plastic Waste, Pause on Liquefied Natural Gas, and More
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: Earth Day and plastic waste, pause on liquefied natural gas, and more.
Common Resources — Apr 18, 2024
Assessing China’s New Nationwide Effort to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
China has implemented the world’s largest emissions trading system in an effort to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions. New research assesses the system’s benefits, costs, and effectiveness.
Resources Radio — Apr 16, 2024
Toward a More Sustainable Plastics Economy, with Fernando Vidal
Fernando Vidal discusses the carbon footprint of plastics and potential technological and policy options to reduce the negative environmental impacts of the global plastics economy.
Resources Radio — Apr 2, 2024
Estimating the Social Costs of Hydrofluorocarbons, with Lisa Rennels
Lisa Rennels discusses the effects on the climate of hydrofluorocarbons, a class of synthetic chemicals often used for air-conditioning and refrigeration.
Media Highlight — Apr 4, 2024
Financial Times: “How Quickly Will Fossil Fuels be Phased Out?”
An Energy Source newsletter provides detailed coverage of RFF’s Global Energy Outlook 2024 report.
Media Highlight — Apr 3, 2024
Semafor: “Future Oil Demand Is Wildly Uncertain”
RFF’s Global Energy Outlook 2024 report was featured in a segment of Semafor’s Net Zero newsletter.
Press Release — Dec 6, 2023
New Report Compares Recent International Climate and Trade Policies
With the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) putting a spotlight on international climate policy, a new RFF report compares three climate and trade policies and analyzes each one’s unique goals, structures, and international repercussions.
Media Highlight — Nov 29, 2023
DSR Network: “The Road to COP28: The Global Stocktake and Its Implications (Parts 1 and 2)”
RFF President and CEO Richard Newell remarks on the global stocktake during this wide-ranging podcast episode.
