In 2015, more than 190 countries submitted greenhouse gas mitigation pledges for the Paris agreement. With biannual progress meetings beginning this December, the International Monetary Fund published a report titled “Mitigation Policies for the Paris Agreement: An Assessment for G20 Countries,” which provides a quantitative framework for understanding different mitigation actions and why policies and their impacts differ across countries.

On this episode of the AEI Events Podcast, listen to panel of experts, introduced by AEI’s Aparna Mathur and moderated by the Brookings Institution’s Adele Morris, discuss their insights on the feasibility of carbon pricing in light of this report’s release. One of the report’s authors, Ian Parry, talked about his work and the spreadsheet tools to help policymakers of G20 countries understand the impacts of carbon pricing and the trade-offs with other instruments.

Daniel Besley of World Bank Group explained his perspective on carbon pricing. Harvard Kennedy School’s Joe Aldy discussed the merits of transparency in the ambition of countries’ commitments and the tension with domestic political economy dynamics. Maureen Cropper of the University of Maryland and Resources for the Future highlighted the important human health benefits of reducing fossil-fuel use or installing emissions-control technologies on coal-fired power plants.

This event took place on September 6, 2018.

Watch the full event here.

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