Incentives to lower emissions / conservation

The transition of artisanal fishing communities to alternative livelihoods is a pressing issue around the world. Learning the factors that increase the probability of a successful transition is useful for policy design purposes. This paper studies the factors associated with the probability that a fisher in transition to an alternative...

This article analyzes the differential impact of economic globalization, the size and composition of the economy, and the nature of the political regime over national CO2 emission levels. We found that emissions are positively correlated with the national level of economic development, the relative weight of certain sectors in the...

This paper examines the effect of social comparisons in middle-income households in Southeast Mexico. We find that treatment of social comparison reduces electric consumption by 10% in Cancun and by 24% in Merida. Cancun and Merida are two of the fastest-growing cities in the Region, where the median annual income...

Vaquita marina, a small species of porpoise endemic to the Northern Gulf of California in Mexico, is the world’s most endangered cetacean species. With the purpose of preserving vaquita, the Mexican government launched PACE-Vaquita in 2008. PACE-Vaquita compensates for temporary reductions in the fishing effort; as in a program to...

An optimal pesticide tax would discriminate among the substances marketed according to their toxicity levels. Adopting such a tax in Mexico is the most efficient way to prepare for compliance with the future extension of the list of pesticides subject to phase-outs and elimination under international agreements. This article examines...

This is a booklet in Spanish that describes the main lessons derived from the use of environmental taxes in several countries, but mainly in Mexico. The two main results are that taxes generate revenue that can be invested back in the communities or tax systems and that there is a...

This booklet summarizes several case studies where trade and the environment can find synergies and foster development and conservation simultaneously. Decades before ESG was a thing, communities, stakeholders, and public servants were interested in finding alliances between trade and the environment. Cases such as the first attempts at the ecolabeling...

This is a presentation in English of the main findings and the article in Spanish. Groundwater pumping subsidies are a way to support farming practices in Mexico. The result is aquifer degradation and an even more unequal distribution of benefits. The poorer farmers don't have access to groundwater pumping. A...