Green fiscal policies such as fossil fuel subsidy reform, carbon-energy taxation, emissions trading, air pollution taxes and green subsidies can play a critical role in limiting energy-related negative impacts on human health, air quality and the climate. By pricing harmful emissions and driving the transition to clean and low-carbon energy sources and increasing demand for renewable energy technologies.
Defne Gencer and Beatriz Arizu from the World Bank examine government support for the energy industry. A significant portion of the public budget is allocated to artificially lowering the cost
Indira Urazova and Tara Laan from the International Institute for Sustainable Development study tipping points to identify key areas for public intervention necessary for a transition to green energy. Positive
Gonzalo H Soto and Xavier Martinez-Cobas explore the impact of the shift to a green economy on energy poverty. Energy poverty occurs when households struggle to afford adequate energy services
Victor Ajayi and Michael G. Pollitt are examining how the transition to net zero will impact the United Kingdom’s factor productivity growth in the long term. They are focusing on
The jointly develped UNEP-University of Oxford Sustainable Budgeting Approach (SBA) is a decision-support tool designed to help policymakers identify and resource strategic policy opportunities that promote national economic development while
Countries need to put a price on carbon to help the world cut greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate warming to agreed targets, the head of Europe’s biggest utility said on Tuesday.
A reluctance to raise the cost of natural gas is understandable, given that poorer households spend more of their income on heating their homes. But it only further underscores the importance of joined-up, coherent thinking about how Britain can hit its net zero emissions target by 2050.
How European insurance industry partnerships can support the EU’s drive toward a climate-neutral continent and economic recovery.
The federal government is facing a revolt from states and territories over its plan to allow subsidies for coal and gas-fired power stations as part of reforms to shore up reliability of the electricity grid.
There’s one thing holding public power back as the industry strives to meet the ambitious clean energy goals — the federal tax code. As it currently stands, federal tax policy puts public power communities at a disadvantage by having them pay more for the same clean energy outcomes as customers in other market.
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