2022 Archives - Page 6 of 9 - Net Zero Climate

The economics of climate change with endogenous preferences

by Admin | Jul 12, 2022

Avoiding unmanageable climate change implies that global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced rapidly. Carbon prices and technological development are essential to deliver such reductions. Changes in preferences, however, are rarely considered, even though other...

Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change

by Admin | Jun 23, 2022

Although many governments, financial institutions, and corporations are embracing nature-based solutions as part of their sustainability and net-zero carbon strategies, some nations, Indigenous peoples, local community groups, and grassroots organizations have...

How Stimulating Is a Green Stimulus? The Economic Attributes of Green Fiscal Spending

by Admin | Jun 16, 2022

When deep recessions hit, some governments spend to rescue and recover their economies. Key economic objectives of such countercyclical spending include protecting and creating jobs while reinvigorating economic growth—but governments can also use this spending to...

Net Zero Stocktake 2022

by Admin | Jun 13, 2022

Net zero is the dominant lens through which countries, states and regions, cities and companies approach decarbonisation. With global coverage of net zero nearly universal at the national level now, the big question is whether a sufficient proportion of targets across...

Climate Change

by Helen Bunting | Jun 1, 2022

Climate change is considered to be the greatest threat to human rights of our generation. This chapter in the textbook International Human Rights Law discusses the challenges posed by climate change and mitigation measures to the enjoyment of human rights and the...