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Oil industry and climate activists agree on one solution: carbon tax

Op-eds & Essays by Noah Kaufman • July 24, 2018

When it comes to action on climate change, few groups have less in common than the oil industry and climate activists. Writing in The Hill, CGEP Scholar Noah Kaufman argues that both groups, however, may find something to like in the same kind of climate policy: a carbon tax

 

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International Dialogue on Climate and Trade: Preliminary Report

In the fall of 2024, the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA launched the International Dialogue on Climate and Trade to afford governments and stakeholders opportunities to seek common ground on ways of more effectively and equitably managing issues at the intersection of climate and trade.

Summaries by Elliot Diringer, Victoria Barreto Vieira do Prado & Trevor Sutton • October 21, 2025
International Dialogue on Climate and Trade: Preliminary Report
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Climate Change

Oil industry and climate activists agree on one solution: carbon tax

Op-eds & Essays by Noah Kaufman • July 24, 2018