This article examines the issue of whether low-carbon growth might be in the self-interest of Brazil, India, and China. These countries are the largest member countries of the G20 emerging markets (GEMs), and are also members of the BRIC and BASIC grouping of countries. Individually, they are very important to each other in different ways, not least in that emissions in one country have impacts on citizens in another. Combined, their growth and development trajectories over the next decade have important implications for both the long-term prosperity of their own people and those of others around the world.
ZusammenfassungIn der Debatte um die Schuldenbremse geht es zumeist um eine Grundgesetzänderung. Dabei ist ein wesentlicher Teil der Schuldenbremse — die Konjunkturkomponente, welche eine Defizitbeschränkung mit antizyklischer Fiskalpolitik vereinen soll — einfachgesetzlich definiert. Sieht man sich diese genauer an, besteht gerade hier Reformbedarf: Die Konjunkturkomponente in ihrer heutigen Ausgestaltung berücksichtigt nicht den neuesten Stand der Wissenschaft, schafft demokratisch fragwürdigen Ermessensspielraum und trägt nur bedingt zu tragfähigen öffentlichen Finanzen bei. Eine einfachgesetzliche Reform der Konjunkturkomponente könnte daher einen pragmatischen Schritt in Richtung einer zukunftsfähigeren Finanzpolitik darstellen.
This is a general commentary that we submitted to the 2020 Public Consultation on the ECB's Draft ECB Guide on climate-related and environmental risks. Based on our research and collaborative discussions we formulate seven main requests for clarification and suggestions for further improving the current draft and the ECB’s Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) that it will inform.
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