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

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

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

FromIMF Podcasts

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Nov 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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. Economist Ian Parry has championed the idea of carbon pricing long before it was fashionable- or even considered feasible by more than a handful of countries. 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. Transcript: https://bit.ly/47jrAP7
Released:
Nov 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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