This Staff Climate Note is part of a series of three Notes (IMF Staff Climate Note 2022/001, 2022/002, and 2022/003) that discuss fiscal policies for climate change adaptation. A first Note (Bellon and Massetti 2022, henceforth Note 1) examines the economic principles that can guide the...

Public financial management (PFM) consists of all the government's institutional arrangements in place to facilitate the implementation of fiscal policies. In response to the growing urgency to fight climate change, 'green PFM' aims at adapting existing PFM practices to support climate-sensitive...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Harper Conservatives in Power: Emissions Impossible -- PART I: MACRO CHOICES AND CHALLENGES -- 2 Addressing the Fiscal Imbalance Through Asymmetrical Federalism: Dangerous Times for the Harper Government and for Canada -- 3 La Grande Seduction: Wooing Quebec...