25 September 2018 – The 19th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET19) will take place in Madrid, Spain from 26-28 September 2018. The Green Fiscal Policy Network will organise a
18 September 2018 – Economists are overwhelmingly in favor of charging for carbon pollution via a tax or fee. This blog post by Jerry Hinkle of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby
19 September 2018 – This year’s WTO Public Forum entitled “Trade: 2030” will feature 112 sessions covering sustainable trade, technology-enabled trade and a more inclusive trading system. Green fiscal policy will
19 September 2018 – When it comes to provincial climate policy in Canada, not every province is starting from the same place. Some, for example, have previously implemented policies to reduce
20 September 2018 – At the 2nd Annual Bangladesh Dissemination Event on Green Growth, economists and environmental experts suggested the implementation of environmental fiscal reforms. For instance, the country is still
13 September 2018 – In a letter, 40 environmental organizations call for the European Commission to uphold the current State Aid Guidelines to the fisheries sector and prevent subsidies for the
13 September 2018 – At the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, European Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete and California Governor Jerry Brown agreed to strengthen bilateral
25 August 2018 – As the rise of ride-hailing firms is another reason for increased congestion in cities, New York and London are planning one-year moratoriums on issuing new licenses for
15 August 2018 – This November, citizens of the Washington state vote on whether to adopt a carbon fee that charges polluters for the right to emit carbon dioxide and other
10 September 2018 – International climate negotiators gathered in Bangkok to advance work on the Paris Agreement “rulebook”. The outcome of the talks, which is due to be adopted at COP24
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