There is mounting evidence that fossil fuel subsidies are detrimental to economic, environmental, and social sustainability, as they tend to drain national budgets, encourage overconsumption of fossil fuels, and aggravate
The Resources and Markets Branch of the Economy Division at UN Environment has two consultant opportunities to support our work on fiscal policies. A consultant is needed to contribute to
1 June 2017 – Indian Revenue Secretary Haskmukh Adhia clarified that the solar modules will fall under the 5 percent tax bracket of the Goods and Service Tax (GST). The
8 June 2017 – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UN Environment) announced a
2 Jun 2017 – China approved around 300 more green energy vehicle models to receive subsidies as part of a scheme that has rapidly boosted sales in the sector, with
2 June 2017 – Joseph Stiglitz argues that President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 Paris climate agreement is an attempt to destroy the rules-based system of
6 June 2017 – The cost of Indonesia’s subsidy on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is increasing, leading to the country paying at least half of the cost of the fuel,
2 June 2017 – The government of Bangladesh has backtracked on plans to impose a carbon tax in its final budget proposal. In the run-up to the budget announcement, the
2 June 2017 – Every five years the US Congress passes a spending bill that covers almost every aspect of what US citizens eat – and much more. Known as
This article by A Schuhbauer, R. Chuenpagdee, W. Cheung, K. Greer, and R. Sumaila in Marine Policy presents the first bottom-up analysis of the proportion of global marine fisheries subsidies
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