fossil fuel subsidies Archives - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

Five things that need to happen in 2022 for climate action to get on track

featuring Danae Kyriakopoulou

on 20 December, 2021

This article for UAE's The National discusses key priorities for climate action in 2022. The article includes quotes from Danae Kyriakopoulou in relation to support for developing countries and stopping carbon subsidies. Read more

A closer examination of the fantastical numbers in Bjorn Lomborg’s new book

Commentary

by Bob Ward

on 10 August, 2020

Bob Ward reviews Bjorn Lomborg’s new book, 'False Alarm', finding the misuse of outdated, concocted and misinterpreted numbers on the costs of climate action and concluding that the book’s central claim that the ‘optimal’ level of global warming by 2100 would be 3.75˚C was completely out-of-date before it was even published. Read more

Pricing carbon during the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

Policy publication

by Josh Burke, Sam Fankhauser and Alex Bowen

on 15 May, 2020

This brief argues that once the immediate rescue has been secured and countries move towards recovery from COVID-19, carefully implementing carbon pricing while reducing fossil fuel subsidies should be at the core of any stimulus package. Read more

Carbon pricing can support the COVID-19 recovery by boosting consumption and investment and softening the hit on fiscal deficits

Press release on 15 May, 2020

Careful implementation of carbon pricing with reductions in fossil fuel subsidies can raise revenues to support the COVID-19 recovery and make society less vulnerable to future climate, ecological or public health risks, according to a new policy brief published today (May 15th). Read more