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Nov
15
2023
VIRTUAL
10:00—11:30 AM EDT | 3:00 - 4:30 PM GMT
October 18, 2023
On October 1st, the 3-year transition period of the EU CBAM Regulation will begin. Starting in 2026, importers of certain carbon-intensive goods will be required to pay the EU carbon price for emissions embedded in these goods. Applied for iron and steel, cement, fertilizers, aluminium, electricity,...
Jul
7
2021
2:00—3:30 PM British Summer Time (BST)
June 24, 2021
Economists play an important role in policy-making in the UK, but as a profession, they are not very representative of society. Recent research has found that ethnic diversity among UK academic economists has increased though some groups, notably Black individuals, remain under-represented.
CGD NOTES
April 14, 2021
In this briefing note, we review what this shift in policy means for overall aid spending, effective management of the aid budget, and the broader public finances. The government has stated that it is a temporary shift in policy; we consider how the fiscal outlook and other government spending decis...
Nov
13
2020
9:00—10:30 AM ET
November 06, 2020
In 2009 and as part of the Paris agreement, donor countries committed to mobilize $100bn per year to developing countries to finance climate by 2020. The definition and measurement of that commitment has been a subject of ongoing debate with questions about the baseline, what counts as “new and addi...
CGD NOTES
July 28, 2020
This note lays out calculations of the UK’s net fiscal contribution to the EU budget between the years 2008 to 2018, and quantifies the support provided to other EU countries to promote their economic growth, regional convergence and rural development, but which is not classified as aid.
BRIEFS
October 16, 2019
The arrival of a new leadership team in Brussels provides an opportunity for Europe to reinvigorate its role as a global development power and to build a true partnership with its continental neighbour, Africa. These tasks have never been more urgent. Read here for recommendations on trade.