Pacific islands make lonely case for carbon price on shipping
2021-06-21
Pacific Islands called for a price on shipping pollution, tepid support from European nations
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Category: Polluter-pay Pricing
Maersk Seeks $150-a-Ton Carbon Tax on Shipping Fuel
2021-06-08
The measure would help shipping industry to shift to cleaner fuels. Maersk runs the world’s biggest fleet of container ships. The world’s largest container shipping
How the new plastic packaging tax could impact business
2021-05-25
As businesses prepare for a tax on plastic packaging, there are concerns that the government has done too little to stem the tide on pollution
Fossil fuel costs must include externalities
2021-03-10
The contribution of the Covid-19 pandemic in bringing down carbon emissions is unparalleled. In doing so, the pandemic and the lockdown also helped quantify the
API considers backing a government-imposed carbon pricing program
2021-03-10
By JENNIFER A. DLOUHY The American Petroleum Institute is considering throwing its weight behind a government-imposed price on carbon dioxide emissions as a way to slow
WTO fisheries subsidy: India insists on ‘polluter pays’ principle
2021-01-21
India has caught to its demand that sure creating international locations be exempted from commitments to remove fisheries subsidies regardless of failure of World Trade
The barriers to a carbon fee and dividend policy (Letters)
2021-01-18
We are working hard to change the government’s mind on carbon fee and dividend, writes Catherine Dawson. The climate crisis cannot be solved within a continuing market
Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing: A Meta-Analysis (Environmental and Resource Economics)
2020-12-15
Nils Ohlendorf, Michael Jakob, Jan Christoph Minx, Carsten Schröder & Jan Christoph Steckel ABSTRACT Understanding the distributional impacts of market-based climate policies is crucial to design economically efficient climate change
Introduction of a new plastic packaging tax (GOV.UK)
2020-11-30
General description of the measure This is a new tax that applies to plastic packaging produced in, or imported into, the UK, that does not
The role of green fiscal policy in the recovery from COVID-19: Experiences, good practices and next steps in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC)
2020-11-04
Objective: Exploring the role of green fiscal policies in greening a COVID-19 recovery with the aim of supporting public health efforts, reducing environmental and climate
