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Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection

Published during the 2021 COP26 summit in Glasgow, this eBook provides a selection of solution-oriented research studies first featured on CEPR’s policy platform VoxEU.org, which highlight key policy issues for governments going forward, as well as detailed analyses of the effectiveness of policies currently in place. The eBook also provides a fascinating insight into the evolution of economic research on climate change over the last decade, and most starkly highlights the shift in urgency and appreciation of this daunting threat to humanity.

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Weder di Mauro, B (2021), ‘Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Weder di Mauro, B (2021), ‘Evolution of the economics of climate change‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Oswald, A and N Stern (2021), ‘Why are economists letting down the world on climate change?‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Stern, N (2021), ‘Climate Change, ethics and the economics of the global deal‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Heal, G (2021), ‘Climate economics‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Tirole, J (2021), ‘Climate change negotiations: Time to reconsider‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Spence, M (2021), ‘Climate change and developing country growth‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Frankel, J (2021), ‘How to set greenhouse gas emission targets for all countries‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Veugelers, R, P Aghion and D Hémous (2021), ‘Kick-starting the green innovation machine‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Rausch, S, G Metcalf and J Reilly (2021), ‘Distributional impacts of carbon pricing: A general equilibrium approach with micro data for households‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Rezai, A and F Van Der Ploeg (2021), ‘Global carbon taxation: Intuition from a back-of-the-envelope calculation‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Giglio, S, M Maggiori, J Ströbel and A Weber (2021), ‘Discounting climate change investments‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Acemoglu, D, U Akcigit, D Hanley and W Kerr (2021), ‘Transition to clean technology‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Van Der Ploeg, F and A Rezai (2021), ‘How to deal with climate change deniers: Price carbon!Armon‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Schmidt, C, M Fratzscher, N Fuchs-Schündeln, C Fuest, C Gollier, P Martin, I Mejean, X Ragot, K Schubert and B Weder di Mauro (2021), ‘Pricing of carbon within and at the border of Europe‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Antoniou, F, M Delis, S Ongena and C Tsoumas (2021), ‘Pollution permits and financing costs‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Gollier, C (2021), ‘Efficient carbon pricing under uncertainty‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Ghassane, B, I Jaccard and G Vermandel (2021), ‘A time-varying carbon tax to protect the environment while safeguarding the economy‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Hoogendoorn, S, A Trinks and J Bollen (2021), ‘Carbon pricing and relocation: Evidence from Dutch industry‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Klenert, D and M Fleurbaey (2021), ‘The social cost of carbon and inequality‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Bartram, S, K Hou and S Kim (2021), ‘Tackling climate change requires global policies‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Delis, M, K De Greiff and S Ongena (2021), ‘The carbon bubble and the pricing of bank loans‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Ehlers, T, B Mojon, F Packer and L Pereira da Silva (2021), ‘Green bonds and carbon emissions: Exploring the case for a rating system at the firm level‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Elmalt, D, D Igan and D Kirti (2021), ‘Limits to private climate change mitigation‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Altunbas, Y, D Marques-Ibanez, A Reghezza, C Rodriguez d’Acri and M Spaggiari, ‘Financing climate change: International agreements and lending‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Löyttyniemi, T (2021), ‘Integrating climate change into the financial stability framework‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Hiebert, P (2021), ‘Climate change will unevenly impact the European financial system‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Bolton, P and M Kacperczyk (2021), ‘Global pricing of carbon-transition risk‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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De Haas, R, R Martin, M Muuls and H Schweiger (2021), ‘Barriers to net-zero: How firms can make or break the green transition‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Bolton, P, S Reichelstein, M Kacperczyk, C Leuz, G Ormazabal and D Schoenmaker (2021), ‘Mandatory corporate carbon disclosures and the path to net zero‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Schoenmaker, D (2021), ‘Greening monetary policy‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Brunnermeier, M and J Landau (2021), ‘Central banks and climate change‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Konradt, M and B Weder di Mauro (2021), ‘Carbon taxation and inflation: Evidence from Europe and Canada‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Dietrich, A, G Müller and R Schoenle (2021), ‘Climate change and central banks: Introducing the expectations channel‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Ilzetzki, E and J Jia (2021), ‘The ECB’s green agenda‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Bartholomew, L and P Diggle (2021), ‘Climate change and central banks: The case for violating neutrality‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Stavins, R and R Hahn (2021), ‘Why cap-and-trade should (and does) have appeal to politicians‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Cattaneo, C and G Peri (2021), ‘Migration’s response to increasing temperatures‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Chancel, L and T Piketty (2021), ‘Carbon and inequality: From Kyoto to Paris‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Klenert, D and C Hepburn (2021), ‘Making carbon pricing work for citizens‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Burzyński, M, C Deuster, F Docquier and J de Melo (2021), ‘Climate migration frightens... climate poverty is frightening!‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Cruz, J and E Rossi-Hansberg (2021), ‘Unequal gains: Assessing the aggregate and spatial economic impact of global warming‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Di Ubaldo, M, S McGuire and V Shirodkar (2021), ‘The joint effect of private and public environmental regulation on emissions‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Conte, B, K Desmet, D Nagy and E Rossi-Hansberg (2021), ‘Trade to adapt: Changing specialisation to cope with climate change‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Deryugina, T, N Miller, D Molitor and J Reif (2021), ‘Air pollution policy should focus on the most vulnerable people, not just the most polluted places‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Furceri, D, M Ganslmeier and J Ostrey (2021), ‘Design of climate change policies needs to internalise political realities‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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Persaud, A (2021), ‘Debt, natural disasters, and special drawing rights: A modest proposal‘, in Weder di Mauro, B (eds), Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/combating-climate-change-cepr-collection

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