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Vox article on the political hurdles facing a carbon tax — and how to overcome themBased partially on the WIDER Working Paper by Jesse Jenkins and Valerie Karplus, David Roberts from the news website Vox discusses the complex relationship between carbon pricing and binding political constraints.
Carbon tax Political economy Environmental economicsWorking Paper
Carbon pricing under binding political constraintsThe economic prescription for climate change is clear: price carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions to internalize climate damages...
Carbon tax Environmental economics Climate changeJournal Article
Special section of Applied Energy: Energy and climate change in sub-Saharan AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Prospects for Renewable Energy in Africa
Carbon tax Climate change Regional economicsJournal Article
A sequential approach to integrated energy modeling in South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Prospects for Renewable Energy in Africa
Carbon tax Economic policy Economic equilibriumVideo
Mitigation Policy in South AfricaConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 4.2
Carbon emission intensity Mitigation policy Carbon taxBlog
Regional Industrialization and Integration in Southern Africa - Reporting from TIPS Annual Forum
The white-painted cluster of traditional style buildings might suggest that this was a farm on the South African veldt...
Automotive industry Carbon tax Economic integrationBlog
Climate Policy and Developing Country Interests
There are a series of questions to which we need answers if we are to implement climate change policies that help avoid negative effects. Three key questions are: What are the implications of climate change for economic growth and development?...
Carbon tax Economic policy Economic equilibriumWorking Paper
An Integrated Approach to Modelling Energy Policy in South Africa: Evaluating Carbon Taxes and Electricity Import RestrictionsWe link a bottom-up energy sector model to a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model of South Africa in order to examine two of the country’s main energy policy considerations: (i) the introduction of a carbon tax and (ii) libera...
Carbon tax Economic policy Economic equilibriumJournal Article
Introducing carbon taxes in South AfricaSouth Africa is considering introducing a carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
Carbon tax Income distribution Public welfareSeminar
Development strategy and policy analysis: The economics (and politics) behind South Africa’s carbon taxSouth Africa announced in February 2012 that it will introduce a carbon tax to reduce the country’s high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and assist in the global effort to curb climate change. This makes South Africa one of the first...
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New Sources of Development FinanceAs their Millennium Development Goals, world leaders have pledged by 2015 to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger, to achieve universal primary education, to reduce child mortality, to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, and to ha...
Carbon tax Economic assistance and foreign aid International financeWorking Paper
Environmental Taxation and Revenue for DevelopmentThis paper considers the role of global environmental taxes both as instruments for improving the global environment and as a source of revenue for funding economic development...
Carbon tax Consumption EnvironmentBlog
An Innovative Source of Development Finance: The Carbon Tax
by Nitin Desai With official development assistance falling short of needs, there has long been a search for ‘innovative’ means for financing development...
Carbon tax Economic assistance and foreign aid International obligations