Simon Black

Simon Black is an Economist at the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department where he specializes in climate change mitigation, carbon pricing, and environmental taxation. Before joining the IMF, he was a Climate Economist at the World Bank, a Climate Economist at the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and served on the UK delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) where he helped negotiate the Paris Agreement. He holds a Master’s degree in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a Master’s degree in International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University where he was a Frank Knox Fellow.

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• World Needs More Policy Ambition, Private Funds, and Innovation to Meet Climate Goals
  • Published: November 27, 2023
  • Authors: Simon Black, Florence Jaumotte, Prasad Ananthakrishnan
  • Summary: International cooperation is more important than ever because no country can address climate change by itself
• Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion
  • Published: August 24, 2023
  • Authors: Simon Black, Ian Parry, Nate Vernon-Lin
  • Summary: Scaling back subsidies would reduce air pollution, generate revenue, and make a major contribution to slowing climate change
• Methane Emissions Must Fall for World to Hit Temperature Targets
  • Published: November 2, 2022
  • Authors: Simon Black, Ian Parry, Nate Vernon-Lin
  • Summary: Fees are a promising and practical solution, especially those that build off existing business taxes common for extractive industries and agriculture
• More Countries Are Pricing Carbon, but Emissions Are Still Too Cheap
  • Published: July 21, 2022
  • Authors: Simon Black, Ian Parry, Karlygash Zhunussova
  • Summary: Carbon pricing, in one form or another, is likely to be an essential element of mitigation strategies as the world transitions to net zero over the next three decades

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