Climate Change
News
NDCs from UK, Switzerland, Costa Rica Reiterate Net Zero Goals (IISD)
In recent news about NDCs, the UK, Switzerland, and Costa Rica have highlighted their goals of net zero emissions by 2050, in line with global
U.K. to Halt Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been positioning himself as a leader in fighting global warming, an area where he can make common cause with President-elect
Let carbon pricing move NY toward renewable energy goal (Commentary)
By Ted Skerpon The nation is experiencing historic unemployment levels as a result of the ongoing pandemic. New York alone has lost more than 700,000 private sector
Reports
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2020 (World Bank)
In the last year, growing public and investor pressure has moved climate change further up the agenda. As a result, we saw increased attention and
Carbon Pricing in Latin America – Trends and Opportunities (SPDA & KAS)
This Spanish publication by the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation collects the contribution of more than 25 people fromm
Equity, Climate Justice, and Fossil Fuel Extraction: Principles for a Managed Phase Out (OilChange)
As COVID-19 and other factors force an unmanaged decline of oil and gas, a new peer-reviewed study by Greg Muttitt and Sivan Kartha outlines how
Policy Briefs
UNEP Policy Brief on Fiscal Policy and the Nationally Determined Contributions
Key messages: Fiscal measures will be an important part of countries’ efforts to mitigate GHG emissions and mobilize climate financing to deliver their Nationally Determine
Carbon Pricing Watch 2017 (World Bank and Ecofys)
This advance brief of the World Bank and Ecofys ‘State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2017’ report provides an overview of recent developments and prospects
Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Health (HEAL)
This briefing by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) sets out how countries support for fossil fuel subsidies has negative impacts on human health and
