Purpose
- Investigates the causes of economic imbalances.
- Investigates the effect of the global financial system and/or the monetary system in fostering a sustainable economy.
- Investigates causes tending to destroy or impair the free-market system.
- Explores and develops market-based solutions.
Summary
The project will organize dialogues, public forums, and special projects on carbon pricing policies to build understanding, alliances, and fresh perspectives. The central effort of the project is the Carbon Pricing Dialogues, a forum for discussions between a broad spectrum of stakeholders on potential pricing mechanisms and strategies. Participants represent environmental, business, labor, social justice, religious, and other issue-oriented advocacy organizations, as well as both conservative and progressive think tanks. We are organized on the premise that some form of carbon pricing is essential to limiting greenhouse gas emissions to tolerable levels. The Carbon Pricing Dialogues project seeks to surface creative policy approaches to carbon pricing, and grow the network of policy professionals active in this space.
Purpose
1) Causes of economic imbalances: We focus on policies to correct the economic distortions resulting from the world's most significant market failure—the free dumping of carbon pollution into Earth's atmosphere and oceans.
2) The global financial system’s effect in fostering a sustainable economy: While focusing on US legislation, we discuss ways to link with global pricing systems and foster global economic sustainability.
3) Threats to the free-market system: A robust economic consensus suggests the need to price in the externalities associated with fossil fuel burning. Unless these costs are integrated into energy markets, the costs of climate change threaten to undermine global economic stability.
4) Market-based solutions: Policies to price carbon pollution will take advantage of existing energy markets to correct price signals in the use of fossil fuels that presently ignore the social costs of carbon, and unfairly favor fossil fuels over low-carbon alternatives.
Scope
The project’s work is primarily focused on U.S. national, regional, and state audiences, including policymakers as well as corporate audiences with interests in both domestic and global markets. The project draws on lessons from both domestic U.S. and international efforts to advance carbon pricing policies.
Amount Approved$40,000.00
on 2/22/2026
(Check sent: 2/24/2026)
