Carbon Pricing Training Materials

Carbon Pricing Training

The training programme on carbon pricing for shipping is divided into two parts. Part I covers foundational topics relating to carbon pricing for international shipping. Part II covers more advanced topics on the subject. 

All materials are available free of charge and can be downloaded below. 

Part I - Foundations

Session 1 - Background and context; Types of GHG pricing measures 

Essential reading

Baresic, D. et al. (2022) Closing the Gap: An Overview of the Policy Options to Close the  Competitiveness Gap and Enable an Equitable Zero-Emission Fuel Transition in Shipping. UMAS. Pages 26-29. Download.  

Additional reading

Parry, I. et al. (2022) 'A Carbon Levy for International Maritime Fuels'. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 16 (1). Pages 25-29. 



Session 2 - GHG pricing vs direct regulation; Combining GHG pricing with other instruments

Essential reading

Baranzini, A. et al. (2017) ‘Carbon pricing in climate policy: seven reasons, complementary instruments, and political economy considerations’, WIREs Climate Change, 8(4). Pages 1-7. Download

Part II - Advanced

Session 3 - Setting the GHG price; Exemptions

Essential reading

Dominioni, G. (2023) ‘Towards an equitable transition in the decarbonization of international maritime transport: Exemptions or carbon revenues?’, Marine Policy. Pages 3-6. Download

Parry, I. et al. (2022) 'A Carbon Levy for International Maritime Fuels'. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 16 (1). Page 31. 




Session 4 - Offsetting; Carbon revenues: management and governance

Essential reading

Dominioni, G. and Englert, D. (2022) Carbon Revenues from International Shipping: Enabling an Effective and Equitable Energy Transition – Technical Paper. Washington, DC.: World Bank. Pages 47-49. Download