In a recent editorial for EC Tax Review law journal, Han Kogels goes into the ambitious targets the EU has set for itself to reduce its GHG emissions progressively by
Micah Hostetter, from the Energy & Environment Group of Intralink, discusses the next step for China’s environmental industry, focusing on Chinese government spending. Tackling pollution and its impacts has been
In a recently published Op-ed, the Chairman of Eunomia Research & Consulting, Dominic Hogg, shares his views on how the fiscal and financial system can help address the environmental crisis.
The Government of Ireland revealed their Climate Action Plan 2019 to tackle Climate Breakdown. The plan consist of 183 actions to support the government’s commitment to a “net zero carbon
The OECD recently published a paper on the use of revenues from carbon pricing, written by Melanie Marten and Kurt van Dender. The paper collects comprehensive and detailed data on
The recently published Handbook of Green Finance (2019) deals with various financial instruments, policies and strategies in a policy-oriented approach for financing green energy projects. Many developed and developing economies
Laura Merrill, Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) Manager and Senior Policy Advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), and Nina Quintas, take us through the evolution of fossil fuel
South Africa signed the Carbon Tax into law, which has been under discussion since 2010. The goal is to “provide for the imposition of a tax on the carbon dioxide
This month Chatham House published a paper titled “An Inclusive Circular Economy: Priorities for Developing Countries”, written by Felix Preston, Johanna Lehne and Laura Wellesley. The paper argues how the
The study “Measuring Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals” has been prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in close collaboration with the International
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