A recent constitutional reform in Uruguay acknowledges water as a fundamental right and a new institutional set-up on water issues has been established. In July 2016 a participatory process of drafting
21 June 2018 – The new government in the Canadian province of Ontario plans to dismantle the provincial cap-and-trade system and resist the federal backstop, essentially opposing carbon pricing in
21 June 2018 – This week’s creation of Americans for Carbon Dividends, a campaign launched by former Senators John Breaux and Trent Lott, shows growing momentum for a serious bipartisan
15 June 2018 – Canada and Argentina have announced they will conduct peer reviews of their public finance of fossil fuels. According to the joint statement, both countries have made
28 May 2018 – With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target the 10
24 April 2018 – Despite growing international momentum towards climate change mitigation and the promotion of renewable energy, various African countries continue to subsidise fossil fuels. Why is reforming these
8 June 2018 – This blog post sets out five ways the IMF helps countries move forward with their commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement. Read the full blog post
4 June 2018 – G7 countries (and others around the world) are in the early stages of an energy transition – including, in some areas, a shift away from the
22 May 2018 – EU Member States approved a set of ambitious measures to make EU waste legislation fit for the future, as part of the EU’s wider circular economy
7 May 2018- For some time, there has been an ongoing tussle between the Government of Delhi and the National Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs about increasing fares for
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