25 February 2018 – Italy’s Cassa depositi e prestiti Spa (CDP) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) met in London on February 23, 2018 to sign a new
23 February 2018 – The Vietnamese Finance Ministry has proposed raising environmental protection taxes on oil and petroleum products from July 1 to increase tax collection by 15,684 billion Vietnamese dong
22 February 2018 – Fossil-fuel subsidies may actually rise in Europe because of the switch to green energy. European Union governments will have to pay out increased compensation for closing coal-fired
19 February 2018 – Singapore said Monday it would impose a carbon tax from next year to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and make companies more competitive as global agreements on
18 February 2018 – Ministers have been warned that the UK risks forfeiting leadership of a promising new form of offshore wind power because of a withdrawal of subsidies which threatens
14 February 2018 – Energy taxes in major advanced economies are not doing enough to reduce energy use, improve energy efficiency and drive a shift toward low-carbon sources, the Organization for
8 February 2018 – Ending financial assistance for fossil fuel companies has long been discussed as a tactic to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage investment in renewables. Oil, natural gas
7 February 2018 – Egypt’s fuel subsidies have jumped by 34 percent in the fist half of the 2017-18 fiscal year, the Egyptian oil minister said on Wednesday, rising to 51
Hopes are high that removing fossil fuel subsidies could help to mitigate climate change by discouraging inefficient energy consumption and levelling the playing field for renewable energy. In September 2016,
1 February 2018 – Pakistan is exploring ways to price carbon, in order to induce investment and domestic action on climate change. Following a national consultation on the topic, the
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