Environmental policy | Podcast

Carbon Pricing and the Power of a Good Idea

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.

IAN PARRY

Prices | September 2021

Five Things to Know about Carbon Pricing

Carbon pricing shows serious promise as a tool in the fight against climate change

IAN PARRY

Macro-fiscal policy | Podcast

Ian Parry: A Carbon Tax for a Taxing Problem

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.

IAN PARRY

Climate change | December 2019

Putting a Price on Pollution

Carbon-pricing strategies could hold the key to meeting the world’s climate stabilization goals

IAN PARRY

Financial institutions | June 2019

What Is Carbon Taxation?

Carbon taxes have a central role in reducing greenhouse gases

IAN PARRY

Macro-fiscal policy | September 2018

What Are Subsidies?

Some government subsidies make sense, but often there are downsides

BENEDICT CLEMENTS

IAN PARRY