climate policy
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How to make climate policy fair and efficient across countries
Efficient climate policy disproportionately burdens low- and middle-income countries. Modest transfers can make it fair and feasible.
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Why some types of oil are worse for the climate
Reducing oil use is vital, but which barrels we extract matters too: shifting production towards low-carbon deposits could have avoided around 10 billion tonnes of CO2e emissions since 1992.
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How economic evidence – and its gaps – can inform policymaking at COP30
COP30 presents an ambitious agenda for advancing climate goals amid unprecedented global uncertainty. How can the economic evidence covered on VoxDev since COP29 – on biodiversity, agriculture, cities, health, and renewables – and the subsequent gaps, help shape more effective policymaking?
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Climate politics: Understanding political inaction on climate change
Despite strong public concern for climate change and pollution in Indonesia, politicians underestimate the demand for policy responses and fail to act – even when informed of voter preferences. Politicians’ misperceptions, elite capture, and politica...
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Climate policies of major economies present risks and opportunities for developing countries
The US, China, and the EU are shaping the future of climate policy, but could their efforts hurt trade opportunities for developing countries? How should policymakers balance the green benefits of climate policy against the economic risks for those i...
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Adaptation on the frontline of climate change
How are communities adapting to climate change? What can policymakers do to help them?
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Food policy in a warming world
Governments often seek to protect domestic consumers following climate shocks to agricultural production, but these policies may exacerbate global losses.