Climate Change, Climate Policy, and the Macroeconomy

Frederick van der Ploeg, Armon Rezai and Rick van der Ploeg

No 12480, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: A review is presented of the macroeconomics of climate change and policy. The review starts with a tractable workhorse model of the macroeconomics of climate and carbon pricing. It then discusses extensions to multiple countries. A discussion of the effects of macroeconomic and climate uncertainties and tipping points on asset pricing and the carbon price is given, including a discussion of stranded assets and the run on oil. Attention is then paid to green technical progress and to the effects of climate change and climate policy on different generations and the income distribution. The review concludes with a discussion of the effects of climate shocks and carbon pricing shocks on unemployment, inflation, and the role of networks in the transmission of these shocks, and borrowing constraints and sovereign risk in the face of climate shocks.

Keywords: climate; carbon pricing; international cooperation; uncertainty; tipping points; green technical progress; distribution; second best; fiscal costs; adaptation pending; unemployment; inflation; borrowing constraints; sovereign risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 G12 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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