5 July 2017 – A new report by a coalition of NGOs found that G20 countries provided an average of US$71.8bn of public finance for fossil-fuel projects per year between
8 June 2017 – Shipping’s decarbonisation is inevitable and now widely accepted. It will create major changes in the shipping industry as the sector moves on from using fossil fuels
20 June 2017 – Several Latin American countries have introduced ambitious green tax reforms, in particular Chile and Mexico stand out by having introduced a carbon tax. Gavin O’Toole (Freelance
20 June 2017 – This blog by Peter Wooders (IISD) and Cleo Verkuijl(SEI) discusses the outcomes of a recent workshop at the WTO which explored the potential of trade agreements
14 June 2017 – Norway, a country whose wealth is based on fossil fuels, has become the world leader in electric cars, with more than 35 percent of new cars
20 June 2017 – A group of nearly a dozen multinational corporations is backing a plan from senior US Republican statesmen to replace President Obama’s greenhouse-gas regulations with a carbon tax. The
17 June 2017 – 70 States, representing over 87.7% of international aviation activity, expressed their intention to voluntarily participate in the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)
12 June 2017 -There is no universally agreed definition of what constitutes a fossil fuel subsidy. Multiple organisations make assessments each using their own, unique approach. The huge range of
15 June 2017 – According to a complaint filed with the European Commission by London-based lawyers ClientEarth, Bulgaria has given EUR 1.3 billion (USD1.5 billion) in illegal aid to coal-fired
6 June 2017 – Forty countries and 24 sub-national regions (states, provinces, etc.) have already or are scheduled to make polluters pay with a national or regional price on carbon.
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