Tax, Inequality and Human Rights
An article, written by Philip Alston and Nikki Reisch on the Open Global Rights, discusses how delivering on the SDG’s promise to reduce economic inequality requires progressive taxation and effective
An article, written by Philip Alston and Nikki Reisch on the Open Global Rights, discusses how delivering on the SDG’s promise to reduce economic inequality requires progressive taxation and effective
A series of articles in policy options politiques take a closer look at the approach towards carbon pricing in several provinces of Canada. In British Columbia, the carbon tax was
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
Inspiring action from the Dutch government that, given the absence of an agreement at the European Union level, will seek agreement to impose a tax on the aviation sector with
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
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 article from the Asian Development Bank Institute, by Dina Azhgaliyeva, Zhanna Kapsaplyamova and Linda Low (2018), distinguishes between private sector investment and government investment in renewable energy. They use
It has been previously reported that in February 2019, the National Assembly of South Africa passed a Carbon Tax Bill to “provide for the imposition of a tax on the
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