Current rates of global biodiversity loss are unprecedented and pose a serious threat to the achievement of the Agenda 2030. Green fiscal policies – reform of harmful incentives and biodiversity-relevant taxes, fees and charges – can address many of the market failures which drive such biodiversity loss by reducing and reforming subsidies and incentives.
The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture announced their proposed Fiscal Year 2022 allocations of $2.8 billion in projects, grants and programs authorized in the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA)
India’s total agriculture subsidies are likely to reach $45-50 billion in perpetuity by 2030. Repurposing it to support India’s 120 million smallholder farmers transition to regenerative agriculture can help generate
Conservation experts say far more finance is needed to reverse a catastrophic decline in biodiversity, with scientists warning in 2019 that about a million animals and plant species are at
New tool will make it easier for countries to measure ecosystems An innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will make it easier for countries to measure the contributions of nature
As governments and financial institutions respond to the economic impact of covid-19, it is crucial to ensure that an increased portion of future stimulus and investments serve to protect and
As the pandemic leaves more nations on the cusp of insolvency, there are innovative tools to deal with both debt and climate action. 2030 is being dubbed the new 2050. Countries
Climate change is not the only global environmental threat that demands attention. Scientists widely agree that loss of wildlife and the natural environment is an equally urgent crisis. Climate change is not
In the run-up to the 2021 Seoul Summit, convened by Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G), the SDG Knowledge Hub is previewing how, through dedicated sessions, the Summit
In the wake of a once-in-a-generation pandemic and economic crisis, spending on green recoveries is less than an average year’s worth of subsidies on fossil fuels. March 2021 marked the
Head of the Kunming biodiversity summit asks nations to review destructive support for fishing, agriculture and other industries By Patrick Greenfield Billions of pounds of environmentally harmful government subsidies must
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