Fiscal Policies for Paris Climate Strategies—from Principle to Practice
Policy Papers, May 1, 2019
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- Fiscal Policies for Paris Climate Strategies—from Principle to Practice
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Bibliographic details
- Published: May 1, 2019
- Series: Policy Papers
- Volume: 2019
- Issue: 010
- Pages: 109
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498311717.007
- Stock No: PPEA2019010
- ISBN: 9781498311717
- ISSN: 2663-3493
Purpose and scope
- Discusses the role of, and provides practical country-level guidance on, fiscal policies for implementing climate strategies.
- Uses a unique and transparent tool laying out trade-offs among policy options.
Major themes and analysis
- Fiscal policies for Paris-aligned climate strategies, with emphasis on:
- Carbon tax
- Climate change
- Energy prices
- Environment
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Non-renewable resources
- Prices
- Taxes
- Focus on practical country-level guidance and trade-offs among policy options to implement climate strategies consistent with the Paris Agreement.
Policy guidance and implications
- Provides practical guidance for designing fiscal instruments (including carbon taxation) to support climate strategies.
- Emphasizes transparent assessment of trade-offs across policy options using the paper’s tool.
- Addresses fiscal policy implications for financing and contingency funds related to climate policies.
Geographic and topical coverage
- Keywords and subject coverage include: Africa; Global; country-level considerations; Greenhouse gas emissions; Energy prices; financing; fiscal policy; fiscal policy implication; fund; fund surveillance; Non-renewable resources; policy option; PP.
Content in this bundle
- FISCAL POLICIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PARIS CLIMATE STRATEGIES — INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND