Canada’s green recovery won’t move until leaders pull back on fossil fuel subsidies. Stimulus spending should ensure climate targets are a goal. Vanessa Corkal When we talk about building back
PARIS (AFP) – Oil, gas and coal production must fall six percent a year in order to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations warned Wednesday, even as high-polluting nations
Production must fall by 6% a year to avoid ‘severe climate disruption’ but Covid-19 funding is supporting increases The world’s governments are “doubling down” on fossil fuels despite the urgent
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden’s promise to end U.S. fossil fuel subsidies worth billions of dollars a year for drillers and miners could be hard to keep
Some €2.4 billion in direct subsidies and revenue foregone supported fossil fuel activities in Ireland in 2018, according to the CSO, an increase of 8 percent in 2017 Jennifer Whitmore
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 26 2020 (IPS) – As the world’s leading economies direct trillions of dollars towards Covid-19 recovery packages, a significant proportion is going to fossil fuel industries without climate
Extent of State support for production and consumption activities revealed by CSO Eoin Burke-Kennedy The Government provided €2.4 billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry here in 2018, according
EU leaders endorsed Riyadh’s contentious “circular carbon economy” vision at the G20 summit, in exchange for a renewed commitment to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies By Joe Lo European leaders reached
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has called on Lithuania to reduce fossil fuel subsidies and introduce a carbon tax to green its economy. “This policy should be
Panelists noted that government support going to fossil fuels, including COVID-19 recovery packages, is much higher than support for other energy sources.Among recommendations to better address fossil fuel subsidies, Peter
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