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October 2012

The Cost of Adjustment to Green Growth Policies: Lessons from Trade Adjustment Costs

Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), World Bank Group

Green growth policies confront firms and workers with adjustments that may create welfare costs for different segments of the population and cause reductions in near-term actual versus potential gross domestic product.

June 2016

Wealth Accounting in Botswana - Adjusted Macroeconomic Indicators

World Bank Group
This case study focuses on the preparation of adjusted macroeconomic indicators of Botswana. In particular, it applies the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) to derive measures of the national balance sheet (NBS), adjusted net national income (ANNI), and adjusted net national savings (ANNS), for the first time in Botswana.
24 May 2018

Border Carbon Adjustments to Promote Green Growth

John S. Odell
A new trade policy approach can help high-polluting countries make their national mitigation policies more effective and thus promote green growth.
February 2018

Our Alarming Climate Crisis Demands Border Adjustments Now

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
This paper Our Alarming Climate Crisis Demands Border Adjustments Now sketches a preliminary illustration of national climate mitigation policies.
December 2018

Impact of Soil Loss in Malawi: Macroeconomic effect on GDP, sectoral adjustments and poverty

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, Ministry of Agricullture, Irrigation and Water Development, Malawi
This policy brief, Impact of Soil Loss in Malawi: Macroeconomic effect on GDP, sectoral adjustments and poverty, combines findings from a recent independent report based on microeconometric and computable general equilibrium analysis. The study aims to assess both direct and indirect economic impacts of soil loss at the aggregate level, providing effects on the GDP, poverty, terms of trade and sectoral production.
October 2019

Border Carbon Adjustments in Support of Domestic Climate Policies: Explaining the Gap Between Theory and Practice

Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI)
This report Border Carbon Adjustments in Support of Domestic Climate Policies: Explaining the Gap Between Theory and Practice highlights the project’s key findings and presents evidence-based analytical insights about the adoption and implementation of BCAs in practice.
December 2006

The Value of Biodiversity in India's Forest

This paper aims to value the biodiversity functions of India’s natural ecosystems and suggests a method to adjust national (GDP) and state income (GSDP) accounts accordingly.
November 2018

Poverty and Distributional Effects of Carbon Pricing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A global comparative analysis

ScienceDirect
This study assesses the expected incidence of moderate carbon price increases for different income groups in 87 mostly low- and middle-income countries.
January 2005

The Value of Timber, Carbon, Fuelwood, and Non-Timber Forest Products in India’s Forests

This study describes the Indian forestry-related stocks and flows in terms of land area (under forest), physical volume (of timber and carbon), and monetary values. The study demonstrates that forest resource accounting is feasible in India at a disaggregate level using a top-down approach and provides an interesting view of how different regions are doing when their performance is measured on a sustainability yardstick.
January 2000

Integrating Forest Resources into the System of National Accounts in Maharashtra, India

One Planet Network
The objective of this case study is to construct forest resource accounts for the state of Maharashtra, India, and incorporate the value of depletion and degradation of forest resources into the system of national accounts (SNA).

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