19 December 2017 – China released plans on to start a giant market to trade credits for the right to emit planet-warming greenhouse gases. The nationwide market would initially cover China’s
14 December 2017 – On the occasion of the One Planet Summit, government leaders of Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Governors of California and Washington, and the Premiers of
13 December 2017 – China’s practice in recent years shows that establishing long-term, effective and ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can attract more capital and technology from all sectors
12 December 2017 – Belgium will issue its first bond for use in financing projects to reduce the country’s carbon emissions. Belgium would follow a number of countries that have sold
12 December 2017 – Saudi Arabia has approved a new round of energy price hikes and a cash handout system for low- and middle-income citizens to offset the impact of the
12 December 2017 – New Brunswickers will not pay a “direct” carbon tax under the Liberal government’s planned carbon-pricing system, says Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle. Instead, a
12 December 2017 – By subsidising fossil fuels, humanity was “investing in its own doom”, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Tuesday at a Paris summit seeking to unlock funds for
4 December 2017 – Washington is just one of a growing number of states poised to introduce or advance new, stricter, or more expansive carbon fees or cap-and-trade programs in upcoming
29 November 2017 – All economists who accept the scientific reality of climate change support public policies that make polluters pay more for the costs they impose on society. But it
16 November 2017 – Germany and Mexico released their voluntary peer reviews of fossil fuel subsidies under the G-20 during COP23 in Bonn. This publication is a step towards more transparency
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