EU leaders will meet in Brussels to discuss the EU’s Covid-19 recovery plan and a new long-term EU budget. French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to raise the topic of
In many countries, governments are now looking towards recovery as the pandemic’s first wave slowly recedes, with plans for economic stimulus worth trillions of dollars. Yet as economies pick up
Dileimy Orozco from E3G argues that the fiscal response to the Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to establish a green economy but finance ministers across the globe need to coordinate
2020 was supposed to be the year the EU would launch its ambitious plan to tackle the climate crisis. But why does Europe sabotage its climate goals by subsidising the
Carbon levies could wipe out billions in meat firm profits as governments step up climate change fight, new report finds. Read this article on Al Jazeera to find out reasons
Switzerland’s parliament has voted in favour of introducing an environmental levy on airline tickets. The Swiss federal assembly says 135 of 195 members approved the proposal, which last year received
Denmark’s parties have forced the government to significantly toughen the climate plan it put forward in May, with a new plan agreed on Sunday night increasing the amount of projected
South Africa’s phased approach to enforcing the Carbon Tax Act, tax-free allowances and carbon offset credits seeks to create a mindset change and increase aware of better technology to remove
The Market Stability Reserve (MSR) aims to provide carbon price stability for the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS). But serious questions are being asked about how much stability – if
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva tackled in her remarks the consequences of COVID–19 pandemic globally, explained how the International Monetary Fund is responding to it, as well as her views
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