Rigorous evidence on climate policies to inform policy design and implementation

Tobias Kruse (OECD) will present ongoing work on the systematic collection of ex-post empirical evidence on the effectiveness of climate policies as part of the OECD’s flagship Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA) initiative. The IFCMA is OECD’s flagship initiative designed to help improve the global impact of emissions reduction efforts around the world through better data and information sharing, evidence-based mutual learning and inclusive multilateral dialogue. As part this programme the OECD is collecting evidence from ex-post empirical studies on the effects of climate policies on emissions across all economic sectors with the aim to help governments design more effective climate policies.

Tobias Kruse is an Economist in the OECD Economics Department’s Public Economics Division. He is an applied microeconomist working on a range of topics, including empirical climate policy evaluations focussing on environmental and economic outcomes, systematic evidence synthesis and the public acceptability of climate policies. Prior to joining the OECD, he obtained an MSc and PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) and was a Visiting Fellow at the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute. He has published in leading field-journals.