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. […]
IMFBlog2020-12-14T15:06:07-05:00December 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. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:56:12-04:00January 31, 2020|
IMFBlog2019-12-05T08:46:07-05:00December 5, 2019|
By Christian Bogmans, Akito Matsumoto, and Andrea Pescatori
After good progress in the beginning of the decade, global carbon emissions have started to pick up again. […]
IMFBlog2019-12-03T16:26:07-05:00December 2, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-11-27T09:58:43-05:00November 26, 2019|
By Gita Bhatt
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” The quip, attributed to 19th-century American humorist Mark Twain, might describe the current state of play on climate change. In Twain’s day, it was absurd to suppose humans could do anything about the weather. […]
