This paper discusses compensation mechanisms to strengthen incentives for lower-income countries to adopt carbon taxes through donor-funded support programs. The paper considers two cases: the provision of climate finance when the host country uses the additional mitigation to meet its own...

Global economic convergence and protection of the climate are both worthwhile goals. Yet, there is an inherent tension between them. Greenhouse gases are a waste product that is often emitted in the production process. Limiting such emissions therefore hampers the accumulation of income and...

Part 1: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: Sustainability in the Oil and Gas Industry: An Introduction. By Thomas Walker, Sergey Barabanov, Maya Michaeli, and Victoria Kelly -- Part 2 – Fundamentals of Sustainable Development in the Oil & Gas Industry -- Chapter 2: “Petroleum Industry Structural...

In this paper, I estimate the effect of mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure on corporate value. Using the introduction of mandatory GHG emissions reporting for firms listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange as a source of exogenous variation, I find that firms most...