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
13 October 2017 – Compared to just 150 companies in 2014, carbon pricing is becoming the new normal for major multinationals with almost 1,400 companies factoring an internal carbon price into
12 October 2017 – Promising billions of pounds worth of investment in offshore wind power, electric vehicles and technology innovation funds, the UK government set a bullish tone for low-carbon industries. In
11 October 2017 – Households in Turkmenistan will pay 25 times more for tap water from next month as the state begins scrapping generous subsidies that subdued energy prices have
8 October 2017 – Efforts at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)-level to eliminate certain forms of fisheries subsidies could severely hurt small and livelihood fisherfolk in India. The National Platform for
3 October 2017 – Carbon pricing is coming to Canada’s Atlantic provinces. They are part of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF), which kicks in by 2018
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
28 September 2017 – EU institutions and 11 member states handed out at least €112bn ($131bn) a year to support coal, oil and gas between 2014 and 2016, according to a
22 September 2017 – Québec, Ontario and California reached an agreement integrating and harmonizing emissions cap programs. By signing this agreement, Ontario will now formally enter the Québec-California carbon market, effective
12 September 2017 – Yale University has implemented a carbon charge that affects more than 250 buildings and nearly 70% of campus carbon dioxide emissions. The carbon charge began July 1.
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