CCL + RFF Carbon Pricing Education Series: Affordability and Distributional Impacts (Session 2)

Join CCL for a learning series exploring what a decade of real-world carbon pricing can teach us and how that knowledge shapes stronger, more durable climate advocacy. 

A central consideration for policymakers today is affordability. On the surface, this is a problem for carbon pricing, because the whole point is to change behavior through higher prices on pollution. However, carbon prices also raise a lot of money, and how policymakers use that money can have a big impact on affordability. This webinar will cover some recent research from RFF on the carbon pricing/affordability nexus, including research that shows how carbon price revenues can actually improve affordability.

Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) CCL's Intro & Series Overview (7:02) Definitions (11:22) Distributional Impacts (30:38) Options to Improve Affordability (42:53) RFF Data Tools (48:03) Q&A Discussion (55:11) Wrap-up and Conclusion

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/carbon-pricing-slides-2  More About the Series: https://cclusa.org/carbon-pricing-series  Additional RFF Articles: https://www.rff.org/publications/explainers/electricity-affordability-101/  https://www.rff.org/publications/explainers/carbon-pricing-104-economic-effects-across-income-groups/