Pacific island countries are exposed to significant risks from natural disasters. As a disaster relief measure, Fiji allowed pre-retirement pension withdrawals in the wake of Cyclone Winston in 2016. Motivated
Senegal is likely to become a significant oil and gas producer by the start of the next decade. These resources can be an important driver of economic growth as the
A recent constitutional reform in Uruguay acknowledges water as a fundamental right and a new institutional set-up on water issues has been established. In July 2016 a participatory process of drafting
This book by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), focuses on forward-looking tax policies for sustainable development as part of the solution to address
In November 2015, the Canadian province of Alberta committed to a phase-out of coal power by 2030. The phase-out of coal power in Alberta will involve the retirement of over
At the WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in December 2017, ministers adopted a Decision on Fisheries Subsidies re-committing WTO members to implement their existing notification obligations on subsidies provided to fishing
This paper offers suggestions on how principles of environmental conservation and sustainable use of natural capital can be embedded in, and delivered through the public finance mechanism (PFM) system of
The decline of global fish stocks has implications for both the food security and the livelihoods of many communities around the world. A World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on the
India has set an ambitious renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022, including 100GW of solar power. Of that, the government aims for 60 GW to be utility-scale solar,
Hopes are high that removing fossil fuel subsidies could help to mitigate climate change by discouraging inefficient energy consumption and levelling the playing field for renewable energy. In September 2016,
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