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Homes are pictured in front of the coal power plant of a German utility power plant near the western town of Niederaussem. November 14, 2013.
Policy Brief

Climate policy is macroeconomic policy, and the implications will be significant

Jean Pisani-Ferry (PIIE)
August 2021
United States Trade Representative, Katherine C. Tai, answers questions about President Biden’s 2021 trade policy agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
Sipa USA/Pool/Susan Walsh
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

How US trade policy can support climate change goals

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)
May 20, 2021
An aerial view of a tract of Amazon jungle after it was cleared by farmers in Itaituba, Para, Brazil September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Policy Brief

The Amazon Is a Carbon Bomb: How Can Brazil and the World Work Together to Avoid Setting It Off?

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)
October 2019
A flexible solar panel is seen at Eni’s Renewable Energy and Environmental Research & Development Center in Novara, Italy, September 26, 2019. Picture taken September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

A Credible Decarbonization Agenda Can Help Strengthen Europe's Economy

Jean Pisani-Ferry (PIIE)
December 9, 2019
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

A Carbon Tax for the United States?

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)
September 30, 2019
A specialized agent of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, patrols in the national parks near Novo Progresso, southeast of Para state, Brazil, November 4, 2018.
REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Let's Look at the Evidence on Tipping Points in the Amazon Rainforest

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)
October 31, 2019
A protester holds a banner during a demonstration at the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain October 14, 2019.
REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Working Paper

Should Monetary Policy Take Inequality and Climate Change into Account?

Patrick Honohan (PIIE)
October 2019

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via Project Syndicate
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