Featured Issue

Carbon Pricing

Carbon pricing is a market-based method for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Governments implement carbon pricing in two main forms—a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax or fee.

Project

Climate Policy Under the Clean Air Act

Expert

Tim Profeta

Our Impact

Nicholas Institute Policy Analysis Meets the COVID-19 Moment

Publications

Climate Policy Impacts on Building Energy Use, Emissions, and Health: New York City Local Law 97

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Global Climate Change and Human Health: From Science to Practice, 2nd Edition

Events

Power Up Series (Session 1)

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The Great Infrastructure Game

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Power Up Series (Session 2)

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

News

NOAA RESTORE Science Program Awards $2.3 Million for Planning Actionable Science

September 15, 2021

News Tip: Experts Available to Comment on Biden’s Solar Plan

September 9, 2021

Southeast States Launch Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Planning and Deployment Tool

September 7, 2021

About

The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University improves environmental policymaking worldwide through objective, fact-based research to confront the climate crisis, clarify the economics of limiting carbon pollution, harness emerging environmental markets, put the value of nature's benefits on the balance sheet, develop adaptive water management approaches, and identify other strategies to attain community resilience.

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Our People

Tibor Vegh

Senior Policy Associate, Ocean and Coastal Policy Program

Tibor Vegh joined Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions in 2012. He serves as a Policy Associate and is a collaborator on projects related to carbon markets, bioenergy, and blue carbon economics.