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• Why Women Risk Losing Out in Shift to Green Jobs
  • Published: October 7, 2024
  • Authors: Stefania Fabrizio, Florence Jaumotte, Marina M. Tavares
  • Summary: Closing the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math would accelerate the green transition while making it more inclusive
• How Europe Can Make Carbon Pricing Policies Less Regressive
  • Published: September 26, 2024
  • Authors: Geoffroy Dolphin, Magnus Merkle
  • Summary: Easing the burden on lower-income households is not only socially fair, but also economically efficient
• Integrating Economic and Climate Data Will Strengthen Climate Policy
  • Published: July 9, 2024
  • Authors: James Tebrake, Francien Berry, Darja Milic
  • Summary: Data Gaps Initiative helps policymakers better understand the environmental impact of economic activities and the effectiveness of climate policies
• Benefits of Accelerating the Climate Transition Outweigh the Costs
  • Published: December 5, 2023
  • Authors: Jens Mehrhoff
  • Summary: Climate Change Indicators Dashboard shows that avoiding physical damage from climate change can have sizable benefits
• How the Middle East and Central Asia Can Better Address Climate Challenges
  • Published: November 29, 2023
  • Authors: Jihad Azour, Hasan Dudu, Ling Zhu
  • Summary: Investment of up to 4 percent of GDP annually is needed to ensure climate resilience and meet emissions reduction targets
• 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
• Climate Change is Disrupting Global Trade
  • Published: November 15, 2023
  • Authors: Serkan Arslanalp, Robin Koepke, Alessandra Sozzi, Jasper Verschuur
  • Summary: Panama’s drought shows how trade disruptions from climate extremes can reverberate around the world
• How Green Innovation Can Stimulate Economies and Curb Emissions
  • Published: November 6, 2023
  • Authors: Zeina Hasna, Florence Jaumotte, Samuel Pienknagura
  • Summary: Coordinated climate policies can spur innovation in low-carbon technologies and help them spread to emerging market and developing economies
• Countries Must Contain Global Warming While Keeping Debt in Check
  • Published: October 2, 2023
  • Authors: Era Dabla-Norris, Ruud de Mooij, Raphael Lam, Christine Richmond
  • Summary: Managing the climate transition calls for a fiscal balancing act with the right mix of policies.
• Emerging Economies Need Much More Private Financing for Climate Transition
  • Published: October 2, 2023
  • Authors: Prasad Ananthakrishnan, Torsten Ehlers, Charlotte Gardes-Landolfini, Fabio Natalucci
  • Summary: A broad mix of policies is needed to unlock the necessary private capital in emerging market and developing economies and ensure a positive climate impact
• Africa's Fragile States Are Greatest Climate Change Casualties
  • Published: August 30, 2023
  • Authors: Jihad Azour, Abebe Aemro Selassie
  • Summary: International partners must support the continent’s most vulnerable countries to adapt to extreme weather—or spillovers could become more disruptive
• 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
• Caribbean Climate Crisis Demands Urgent Action by Governments and Investors
  • Published: June 27, 2023
  • Authors: Alejandro Guerson, James Morsink, Sònia Muñoz
  • Summary: The region has received minimal private climate financing despite being highly vulnerable to climate disasters and having the greatest need
• Europe, And the World, Should Use Green Subsidies Cooperatively
  • Published: May 11, 2023
  • Authors: Alfred Kammer
  • Summary: A coordinated approach, including toward subsidies, is needed to tackle climate change successfully
• Support for Climate Action Hinges on Public Understanding of Policy
  • Published: February 10, 2023
  • Authors: Bo Li, Era Dabla-Norris, Krishna Srinivasan
  • Summary: Novel survey shows how concerned people are about climate change, how they view mitigation polices, and what drives support for climate action
• How Economies and Financial Systems Can Better Gauge Climate Risks
  • Published: January 4, 2023
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Vikram Haksar, Ivo Krznar
  • Summary: With the right tools, policymakers can help to manage the climate risks impacting economies and financial systems
• Swapping Debt for Climate or Nature Pledges Can Help Fund Resilience
  • Published: December 14, 2022
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva, Marcos Chamon, Vimal Thakoor
  • Summary: Innovative debt swaps can help governments that have limited access to traditional grants or debt relief
• Bridging Data Gaps Can Help Tackle the Climate Crisis
  • Published: November 28, 2022
  • Authors: Bo Li, Bert Kroese
  • Summary: A new data gaps initiative will play an important role in addressing climate-related data deficits
• How Blended Finance Can Support Climate Transition in Emerging and Developing Economies
  • Published: November 15, 2022
  • Authors: Bo Li, Fabio Natalucci, Prasad Ananthakrishnan
  • Summary: Innovative instruments and equity finance are needed to enhance risk-sharing through public-private partnerships and maximize the impact of scarce public funds
• How Fiscal Policy Can Help Middle East, Central Asia Reduce Emissions
  • Published: November 6, 2022
  • Authors: Jihad Azour, Gareth Anderson, Ling Zhu
  • Summary: Early rollout of climate-mitigation strategies will help countries meet their Paris Agreement commitments and smooth the low-carbon transition
• Getting Back on Track to Net Zero: Three Critical Priorities for COP27
  • Published: November 4, 2022
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva
  • Summary: The devastation and destruction of climate change will only worsen if we fail to act now
• 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
• How Africa Can Escape Chronic Food Insecurity Amid Climate Change
  • Published: September 14, 2022
  • Authors: Laurent Kemoe, Pritha Mitra, Cedric Okou, D. Filiz Unsal
  • Summary: The toll of extreme weather events on crops underscores the region’s challenges and need for policies to save lives and protect livelihoods.
• Climate Change Mitigation Will Cause Large Adjustments in Current Account Balances
  • Published: August 16, 2022
  • Authors: Rudolfs Bems, Luciana Juvenal
  • Summary: A climate mitigation policy mix of carbon taxes, green subsidies, and infrastructure investment could reduce global balances by a quarter by 2027. But only if countries coordinate their response.
• 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
• Greenhouse Emissions Rise to Record, Erasing Drop During Pandemic
  • Published: June 30, 2022
  • Authors: P. Bhanumati, Mark de Haan
  • Summary: The latest data from the IMF's Climate Change Indicators Dashboard reveals a worrying picture
• Why We Must Resist Geoeconomic Fragmentation—And How
  • Published: May 22, 2022
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva, Gita Gopinath, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
• Why Countries Must Cooperate on Carbon Prices
  • Published: May 19, 2022
  • Authors: Jean Chateau, Florence Jaumotte, Gregor Schwerhoff
  • Summary: An international floor price for carbon could speed the world’s transition to green energy without compromising countries’ competitiveness.
• The Right Labor Market Policies Can Ease the Green Jobs Transition
  • Published: April 13, 2022
  • Authors: John Bluedorn, Niels-Jakob Hansen
  • Summary: Measures include job training, tax credits for lower-income workers, green infrastructure and R&D investment push, and a carbon tax.
• Without Adaptation, Middle East and Central Asia Face Crippling Climate Losses
  • Published: March 30, 2022
  • Authors: Jihad Azour, Christoph Duenwald
  • Summary: International cooperation is essential to manage the costs and maximize the benefits of adaptation, particularly for the most vulnerable countries.
• A New Trust to Help Countries Build Resilience and Sustainability
  • Published: January 20, 2022
  • Authors: Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Uma Ramakrishnan
• How the IMF Continues to Change To Confront Global Challenges
  • Published: January 18, 2022
  • Authors: Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
  • Summary: From COVID-19 to climate change, economies are facing new challenges.
• Africa Cannot Confront Climate Change Alone
  • Published: December 17, 2021
  • Summary: Africa contributes almost nothing to global warming.
• The Economics of Health and Well-Being
  • Published: December 2, 2021
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Brave New World: Tracking Trade from Space
  • Published: November 2, 2021
  • Authors: Serkan Arslanalp, Robin Koepke, Jasper Verschuur
• Not Yet on Track: Climate Threat Demands More Ambitious Global Action
  • Published: November 1, 2021
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva
  • Summary: New IMF analysis shows gaps in ambition and policy needed to achieve emissions curbs that contain global warming.
• Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean Challenges and Opportunities
  • Published: October 28, 2021
  • Authors: Anna Ivanova, Julie Kozack, Jorge Roldós, Sònia Muñoz
  • Summary: Adapting to new climate conditions while intensifying mitigation efforts will require major structural transformations in the region.
• How Investment Funds Can Drive the Green Transition
  • Published: October 4, 2021
  • Authors: Fabio Natalucci, Felix Suntheim, Jérôme Vandenbussche
  • Summary: Sustainable investment funds need to be scaled up to support a successful transition to a green economy.
• The Climate Issue
  • Published: September 7, 2021
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Managing the Political Economy of Climate Change Policies
  • Published: August 5, 2021
  • Authors: Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry
• Reaching Net Zero Emissions
  • Published: July 22, 2021
  • Authors: Florence Jaumotte, Gregor Schwerhoff
• A Proposal to Scale Up Global Carbon Pricing
  • Published: June 18, 2021
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Ian Parry
• How Strengthening Standards for Data and Disclosure Can Make for a Greener Future
  • Published: May 13, 2021
  • Authors: Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Ranjit Singh, Felix Suntheim
• After a Strong Crisis Response, Asia Can Build a Fairer and Greener Future
  • Published: April 13, 2021
  • Authors: Jonathan D. Ostry
• Asia-Pacific, the Gigantic Domino of Climate Change
  • Published: March 25, 2021
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Chang Yong Rhee
• A New Vision for the US Climate Agenda
  • Published: March 10, 2021
  • Authors: Ian Parry
  • Summary: Over the next decade, global greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 25– 50 percent to be on track for meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of containing global warming to 1.5–2°C.
• Why Climate Change Vulnerability Is Bad for Sovereign Credit Ratings
  • Published: February 17, 2021
  • Authors: Serhan Cevik, João Tovar Jalles
  • Summary: Climate change has made the world a riskier place.
• Denmark’s Ambitious Green Vision
  • Published: January 11, 2021
  • Authors: Nicoletta Batini, Miguel Segoviano
• How Governments Can Create a Green, Job-rich Global Recovery
  • Published: December 4, 2020
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva, Rajiv J. Shah
• Finding the Right Policy Mix to Safeguard our Climate
  • Published: October 7, 2020
• How to Meet the European Union’s Ambitious Climate Mitigation Goals
  • Published: September 24, 2020
  • Authors: Dora Iakova, Alfred Kammer, James Roaf
• Equity Investors Must Pay More Attention to Climate Change Physical Risk
  • Published: May 29, 2020
  • Authors: Felix Suntheim, Jérôme Vandenbussche
• Finding Solid Footing for the Global Economy
  • Published: February 19, 2020
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva
• Assessing Climate-Change Risk by Stress Testing for Financial Resilience
  • Published: February 5, 2020
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, James Morsink, Liliana Schumacher
• Waste Woes in the World
  • Published: January 31, 2020
  • Authors: The Editors
• Top 6 Blogs on Climate Change
  • Published: December 11, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Global Carbon Emissions Are on the Rise Again
  • Published: December 5, 2019
  • Authors: Christian Bogmans, Akito Matsumoto, Andrea Pescatori
• The Adaptive Age
  • Published: December 2, 2019
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva
• A New Climate Economy
  • Published: November 26, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Fiscal Policies to Curb Climate Change
  • Published: October 8, 2019
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Paolo Mauro, Ian Parry, Catherine Pattillo
• A Role for Financial and Monetary Policies in Climate Change Mitigation
  • Published: September 4, 2019
  • Authors: William Oman
• Fuel for Thought: Ditch the Subsidies
  • Published: August 14, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• When Disaster Strikes: Preparing for Climate Change
  • Published: June 26, 2019
  • Authors: Seán Nolan, Krishna Srinivasan
• Keynes, the IMF, and the Future
  • Published: May 30, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Getting Real on Meeting Paris Climate Change Commitments
  • Published: May 3, 2019
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde, Vitor Gaspar
• Building Defenses Against the Next Economic Downturn
  • Published: January 17, 2019
  • Authors: David Lipton
• Top 5 Blogs on Climate Change
  • Published: December 12, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• 5 Things You Need to Know About the IMF and Climate Change
  • Published: June 8, 2018
  • Authors: Ian Parry
• Slowly but Surely, a Farewell to Fossil Fuels
  • Published: January 18, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Climate Change Will Bring More Frequent Natural Disasters & Weigh on Economic Growth
  • Published: November 16, 2017
  • Authors: Sebastian Acevedo, Natalija Novta
• The Unequal Burden of Rising Temperatures: How Can Low-Income Countries Cope?
  • Published: September 27, 2017
  • Authors: Sebastian Acevedo, Mico Mrkaic, Evgenia Pugacheva, Petia Topalova
• Chart of the Week: A Storm by Any Other Name
  • Published: June 19, 2017
  • Authors: The Editors
• Gone with the Wind: Assessing Hurricane Costs in the Caribbean
  • Published: February 7, 2017
  • Authors: Sebastian Acevedo
• Small States Confront Big Challenges with Natural Disasters and Climate Change
  • Published: December 22, 2016
  • Authors: Tao Zhang
• The Overwhelming Case for a Carbon Tax in China
  • Published: July 27, 2016
  • Authors: Ian Parry, Philippe Wingender
• Countries Are Signing Up for Sizeable Carbon Prices
  • Published: April 21, 2016
  • Authors: Ian Parry
• It's Getting Hot in Here: Climate Change
  • Published: December 10, 2015
  • Authors: iMFdirect
• Plato & the Incas: Overheard at the IMF’s Annual Meetings
  • Published: October 15, 2015
  • Authors: iMFdirect
• Spring Meetings Redux!
  • Published: April 23, 2015
  • Authors: Sabina Bhatia
• Paying the Price for the Future We Want
  • Published: June 19, 2012
  • Authors: Min Zhu
• Sins of Emission and Omission in Durban
  • Published: January 9, 2012
  • Authors: Ian Parry

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