Making Fossil Fuel Subsidies Obsolete
10 May 2017 – Tobias Schmidt (Professor, ETH Zurich) and Tyeler Matsuo (Researcher, ETH Zurich) argue that reforming fossil fuel subsidies is more complex than simply reducing the total sum
10 May 2017 – Tobias Schmidt (Professor, ETH Zurich) and Tyeler Matsuo (Researcher, ETH Zurich) argue that reforming fossil fuel subsidies is more complex than simply reducing the total sum
10 May 2017 – The Canadian federal government’s plan to impose a carbon tax on provinces that do not do it themselves is expected to mimic the Alberta carbon program,
3 May 2017 – Dale Beugin (Executive Director & Research Director, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission) discusses how carbon pricing creates incentives for emitters to produce fewer GHG emissions. Further, he analyzes
4 May 2017 – In the lead up to this year’s high-level UN Ocean Conference, a key focus is on efforts to end harmful fisheries subsidies (SDG 14.6). This discussion

29 April 2017 – A new Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charge of SGD2 will be introduced on the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway during the morning rush to help ease congestion. Read
1 May 2017 – The fifth high-level event on fossil fuel subsidy reform, organized by the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFFSR), Global Subsidies Initiative and the World Bank
29 April 2017 – Bangladesh’s government plans to impose a carbon tax in the next fiscal year on polluting sectors. The initiative has been supported by the World Bank and
1 May 2017 – Business tycoon Sir Richard Branson, who founded the British airline Virgin Atlantic more than 30 years ago, said he would support a tax on dirty fuels
1 May 2017 – A California state senator will introduce legislation to replace the state’s troubled cap-and-trade program, and eventually establish one of the highest prices for carbon dioxide in
2 May 2017 – Charles McConnell (Executive Director, Energy and Environment Initiative, Rice University) argues that carbon tax funds should be spent on the technology research needed to transform our
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