Turning the Paris Agreement’s greenhouse gas emissions pledges into domestic policies is the next challenge for governments. This paper by Stefano Carattini, Andrea Baranzini, Philippe Thalmann, Frédéric Varone and Frank Vöhringe explores the acceptability of
This special issue of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics seeks to enhance understanding of the global governance of energy subsidies, bringing together insights and perspectives from international relations
5 April 2017 – Government revenues from environmental taxes amounted to EUR 359.3 billion in 2015 among European Union countries. The highest share of environmental taxes was in Croatia, while
6 April 2017 – Jason Dion (Research Associate, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission) discusses some of the challenges of introducing carbon pricing in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Read the full article on the
5 April 2017 – Trump says he wants to shrink America’s trade deficit with China, but the best way to do that would be to focus on the subsidies that
4 April 2017 – A broad coalition of more than 120 companies and organisations call on the Dutch government to embrace a tax shift from labour to resource use and
4 April 2017 – London’s congestion charge is set to be extended under new plans from Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants to charge the most heavily polluting cars and vans
Roads in the United States are congested and in disrepair. If private sector tolls are used to finance road infrastructure projects, such tolls will harm motorists, lengthen commute times, and
28 March 2017 – Joel Darmstadter (Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future) discusses the effects of a proposed ‘upstream’ carbon tax on the coal industry in the US. Read the
29 March 2017 – A deal between California’s Governor Jerry Brown and leaders of the legislature would see an increase in fuel taxes and other transport-related fees to finance infrastructure
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