This is a three-part podcast to connect the dots between carbon tax, carbon dividend, and universal basic income (UBI). It discusses emerging ideas and asks how we should be equity-weighting green policies in this recovery.

Our expert is Anders Fremstad, Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Colorado State University.
Green transition and environmental justice are central to inclusive post-COVID reset. Key green policies, however, raise equity and distributional concerns. Part 1 debates:

• Carbon tax and, importantly, its possible regressive aspects.
• Ways to equity-weight carbon tax and the role of carbon dividends.
• Use of carbon revenues – what they could be invested into and why