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Denmark, Costa Rica seek alliance to speed up the end of oil and gas
Denmark and Costa Rica are trying to forge an alliance of countries willing to fix a date to phase out oil and gas production and to stop giving permits for new exploration, government ministers said and documents showed.
Ending subsidies that harm nature could create millions of green jobs, WWF says
Moving government support for environmentally damaging industries into green sectors like recycling and sustainable forest management could boost employment, report finds.
Green taxation can help us recover from the Covid-19 crisis. Here’s how
Raising taxes during an economic downturn might seem counterintuitive but it could be the key to Covid-19 recovery. The secret lies in which taxes to raise: when it comes to impacts on the economy, jobs, and the environment, not all taxes are created equal.
Reports
What policies for greening the crisis response and economic recovery? Lessons learned from past green stimulus measures and implications for the COVID-19 crisis (OECD)
This paper evaluates green stimulus packages that were introduced in response to the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-08 and draws lessons relevant for greening the recovery from the Coronavirus
Securing Climate Benefit: A guide to using carbon offsets (GGKP)
This GGKP guide explains how to use carbon offsets responsibly to accelerate action on climate change. Responsible use requires spending time to understand and seek out high-quality credits. It recommends avoiding offsets that
Counting carbon in global trade – Why imported emissions challenge the climate regime and what might be done about it (ODI)
This set of essays identifies two main threats to the climate regime. The first is the growing importance of emissions traded across national borders, currently accounting for up to 38%
