Fiji announces $50m ‘climate bond’ ahead of COP23 presidency
18 October 2017 – With technical support from the World Bank, Fiji aims to raise 100 million Fiji dollars ($50m) through issuing a sovereign green bond to build resilience to climate
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.
18 October 2017 – With technical support from the World Bank, Fiji aims to raise 100 million Fiji dollars ($50m) through issuing a sovereign green bond to build resilience to climate
16 October 2017 – For years, China has been using subsidies and taxation to build its solar power equipment industries – and as a result, it dominates world markets. Now
Fossil fuel subsidies are a key barrier for economic development and climate change mitigation. While the plunge in international fuel prices has increased the political will to introduce fossil fuel
4 August 2017 – A power producer in the city of Tianjin has issued “green bonds” worth 1 billion yuan (US $150 million) to finance a 2,000-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant,
A major obstacle to the more widespread use of energy taxation is the concern that energy taxes may be regressive, hitting the poor harder than the rich. Evidence is surprisingly
Despite a growing consensus in favour of reform of costly and environmentally damaging energy price subsidies, many countries remain resistant. This VOX column by A. Asamoah, E. Hanedar and B.
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
Fossil fuel subsidy reform has in recent years been addressed by international economic organizations including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The
This paper by D. Coady, I. Parry, L. Sears and B. Shang estimates fossil fuel subsidies and the economic and environmental benefits from reforming them. It mostly focuses on a
Developing growth strategies that promote greener lifestyles requires a good understanding of what factors affect people’s behaviour towards the environment. This OECD publication presents responses from the most recent round
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