Micah Hostetter, from the Energy & Environment Group of Intralink, discusses the next step for China’s environmental industry, focusing on Chinese government spending. Tackling pollution and its impacts has been
This blog by Tiza Mafira of the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) reflects on Indonesia’s progress on climate finance in 2018 and looks forward to some key developments in 2019. The blog is
This article in the World Development journal by Ira Irina Dorband, Michael Jakob, Matthias Kalkuhl and Christoph Steckel, assesses the expected incidence of moderate carbon price increases for different income
This background paper by Green Budget Germany examines the impacts of the German tax rebate for diesel which was introduced in 1986 to promote commercial road freight transport. At that
30 November 2018 – The South African Minister of Finance introduced the revised Carbon Tax Bill (Bill) to Parliament. The carbon tax is expected to take effect on 1 June 2019
3 December 2018 – Just before the 13th meeting of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, a new report says India collected $12 billion (about Rs 84,000 crore) in 2010-2018 by taxing
Group of 20 (G20) governments have committed to ending government support to fossil fuels through a number of reform pledges. Some countries have made progress in shifting support away from fossil
26.10.2018 – The primary challenges associated with alternative fuels in shipping result from environmental considerations, availability of sufficient fuel quantities, fuel costs, and the rules of the IGF Code. However, without
25.10.2018 – Top trade officials from 12 countries and the EU vowed to reform the WTO rules in the face of US actions that threaten to paralyze the body. The member
23.10.2018 – A new approach to underpin the existing climate agreement is, similar to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, a moratorium in rich countries on any further expansion of the fossil fuel
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