IMFBlog2021-05-13T10:23:21-04:00May 13, 2021|
By Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Ranjit Singh, and Felix Suntheim
Imagine you plan to invest your savings and are looking for a firm or sector with a sustainable business model or a project that can make a real difference in the transition to a low-carbon economy. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:14-04:00March 25, 2021|
By Vitor Gaspar and Chang Yong Rhee
Forget the poetic flap of a butterfly’s wings in Beijing causing rain in Central Park. Climate issues in Asia-Pacific are measured in superlatives. The world’s biggest population. Two of the three largest carbon dioxide-emitting countries and the largest share of emissions globally. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:14-04:00March 16, 2021|
By Jiaxiong Yao
When it’s cold we reach for the heater, and when it’s hot we turn on the air conditioning. A warming globe could reduce the need for heating in cold seasons and increase the demand for cooling when it’s hot. […]
IMFBlog2021-07-27T13:05:44-04:00March 10, 2021|
By Ian Parry
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Over the next decade, global greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 25– 50 percent to be on track for meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of containing global warming to 1.5–2°C.The United States intends to do its part. Its climate plan pledges US carbon neutrality by 2050, with a 2030 emissions target to be announced shortly.
IMFBlog2021-02-18T14:07:57-05:00February 17, 2021|
By Serhan Cevik and João Tovar Jalles
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Climate change has made the world a riskier place.
The destruction wrought by heatwaves, droughts, hurricanes, and coastal flooding doesn’t stop with the toll on human lives and livelihoods—it can also have deep consequences for a country’s finances. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-05T10:32:32-04:00January 11, 2021|
By Nicoletta Batini and Miguel Segoviano
Denmark aspires to become one of the most climate-friendly countries in the world. In June, its Parliament overwhelmingly passed a new climate law that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, with net zero emissions targeted for 2050. […]
IMFBlog2020-12-09T16:45:33-05:00December 8, 2020|
By Christian Bogmans and Claire Mengyi Li
中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
As the world economy emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the consumption of coal is expected to recover from its sharp decline during the pandemic. […]
IMFBlog2021-10-22T11:34:05-04:00December 4, 2020|
By Kristalina Georgieva and Rajiv J. Shah
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Climate change and the COVID-19 crisis have a great deal in common. […]
IMFBlog2020-03-02T17:22:06-05:00March 2, 2020|
By Gita Bhatt
When I visit my home country, India, I am always struck by how young it looks. From the big cities to the tiny villages, one can see the hopes and aspirations of twenty-somethings, many in search of work. In Japan, demographic trends have been moving in the opposite direction. Homes sit vacant, and villages are vanishing, as people have fewer children. In response, the Japanese are embracing technology to fill the gaps through innovations like robot chefs and automated medical services. […]
IMFBlog2020-02-06T09:59:37-05:00February 5, 2020|
By Tobias Adrian, James Morsink, and Liliana Schumacher
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
As society braces for the potential havoc a changing climate could induce, it’s vital to gauge the range of shocks that the economy may soon endure. One way to quantify the effects of the potentially systemic shocks that could ripple through the financial system is to administer “stress tests”—a well-designed analytical process that has, for decades, been used by the IMF, World Bank and financial supervisors for detailed scenario planning to prevent future financial crises. […]
