IAN PARRY

IAN PARRY

IAN PARRY is the principal environmental fiscal policy expert in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department.

Climate Change / Environmental policy

Ian Parry: Carbon Pricing and the Power of a Good Idea

IAN PARRY November 21, 2023

Carbon pricing is steadily emerging as one of the most viable solutions to reducing global emissions, but shedding its contentious past to build a global consensus is still a work in progress. Ian Parry is the principal environmental fiscal policy expert in the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department and has made it his mission to present- on behalf of the institution, the benefits of incorporating climate risks into the cost of doing business through a carbon tax.

F&D Magazine / Macro-fiscal policy

Ian Parry: A Carbon Tax for a Taxing Problem

IAN PARRY January 20, 2020

Without major efforts to reduce the accumulation of carbon emissions in the atmosphere, future generations will inherit a much warmer planet with risks of dangerous climate events, higher sea levels, and destruction of the natural world.

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