Carbon pricing is gaining ground worldwide as a cost-effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and drive clean growth. Building on 20 years of experience with the EU Emissions Trading System, the European Commission’s Task Force on International Carbon Pricing and Markets Diplomacy works with 25+ partner countries to advance high-integrity carbon pricing and markets policies.
Tag: growth
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Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded for theories on growth
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half of the prize to Joel Mokyr (of Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University), and the other half jointly to Philippe Aghion (of INSEAD and The LSE) and Peter Howitt (of Brown University) “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction”.
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OECD: accelerated climate action can drive growth and development
Ambitious climate targets that are underpinned by robust implementation and investment plans can provide economic opportunities, unlock investment, and support sustainable development and growth, while facilitating low-emission transitions, according to a new joint report by the OECD and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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What does the UK-EU Summit mean for energy and emissions?
The UK and the EU have agreed a substantial cooperation agreement in relation to trade and free movement. Included in the package are two energy and emissions trading arrangements.
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A call for transformation, growth and adaptability
This is why we are called The Dragonfly Files. If the dragonfly is a symbol of all three – transformation, growth and adaptability – then let’s be informed by its joyful lifecycle transformation, the lightness of spirit with which it matures and the freedom with which it adapts. Global business and all its institutions would do well to take note.