Climate Change
News
G20 recognizes carbon pricing as climate change tool for first time
G20 finance leaders recognized carbon pricing as a potential tool to address climate change for the first time in an official communique on Saturday, taking a tentative step towards promoting the idea and coordinating carbon reduction policies.
3 essential steps towards ending fossil fuel subsidies
Fossil fuel subsidies persist despite the climate crisis. They distort the energy market by keeping fossil fuel prices artificially low. Removing these subsidies must be accompanied by social programmes that will reduce the impact on the poorest household.
Canadian taxpayers have spent at least $23B on pipeline subsidies and supports since 2018: report
As calls to end government subsidies of fossil fuels grow in intensity, a new report finds that Canadian governments have allocated billions of taxpayer dollars to building and expanding new pipelines in the past year alone.
Reports
Decarbonizing the US Economy: Pathways Toward a Green New Deal
The Roosevelt Institute recently published a report called “Decarbonizing the US Economy: Pathways Towards a Green New Deal”. In the report, they argue that a fast decarbonization program is in
The Costs of not Implementing EU Environmental Law (EC)
The purpose of this new study prepared by the European Commission is to estimate the costs and foregone benefits for the EU from not achieving the environmental targets specified in
The Environmental Implementation Review 2019 – Country report Portugal (EC)
The European Commission published on 5 April 2019 the second Environment Implementation Review (EIR), an overview of how EU environmental policies and laws are applied on the ground. The 2nd
