Economics

Cost Effective Policy
Meaningful and Cost Effective Climate Policy: The Case for Cap and Trade examines fundamental questions about market-based approaches to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reasons why cap and trade is the most promising option to address the risks of climate change. Read More
Cost Benefit and Beyond
Workshop Proceedings: Assessing the Benefits of Avoided Climate Change: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Beyond is the result of ours expert workshop to examine the state of the art, limitations, and future development needs for analyzing the benefits of avoided climate change. The main objectives were to inform the development of a set of practical recommendations that decision makers could employ in the near-term and to outline new approaches to improve decision-making tools over time. Learn More
Understanding Market Mechanisms
This brief describes how market-based policies can achieve our climate goals more cheaply and efficiently than alternative policy structures – all while driving innovation to develop more effective technological solutions that will serve as the foundation for strong economic growth, based on clean energy, throughout the 21st century. Read More

Advancing public and private policymakers’ understanding of the complex interactions between climate change and the economy is critical to taking the most cost-effective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read more