Abstract

During the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Marrakech, Morocco, in 2016, at the invitation of the Co-Chairs of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) High-Level Assembly, Segolene Royal and Feike Sijbesma, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, and Lord Nicholas Stern, accepted to chair a new High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices comprising economists, and climate change and energy specialists from all over the world, to help spur successful implementation of the Paris Agreement. The Commission’s objective is to identify indicative corridors of carbon prices that can be used to guide the design of carbon-pricing instruments and other climate policies, regulations, and measures to incentivize bold climate action and stimulate learning and innovation to deliver on the ambition of the Paris Agreement and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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