A Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA): Addresses a major source of emissions: those embedded in a nation’s imports. Provides a financial incentive to overseas producers to invest in low emission technology. Reduces carbon leakage and ensures fair competition for domestic...
“Net zero” has gone from a scientific concept, to a demand of fringe activists, to a mainstream organizing principle for mitigation in record time. After COP26, at least 90% of the global economy is covered by some kind of net zero pledge. But having reached the “end...
The idea that biodiversity conservation, CO2 mitigation, and climate change adaptation can be aligned is at the core of nature-based solutions. With COP26 approaching, this digest outlines four nature-based guidelines that policymakers should consider when addressing...
As the world economy rapidly decarbonizes to meet global climate goals, the export credit sector must keep pace. Countries representing over two-thirds of global GDP have now set net zero targets, as have hundreds of private financial institutions. Public and private...
