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Make every dollar count: The impact of green credit regulation on corporate green investment efficiency
Jinfang TIAN, Siyang SUN, Wei CAO, Di BUE, and Rui XUE investigated the impact of public environmental regulation on the allocation of green credit to promote a shift towards a
Fossil Fuel communities support climate policy coupled with just transition assistance
Alexander Gazmarian delves into the preferences of communities dependent on fossil fuel production economy and the national public regarding the design of a transition assistance program accompanying climate policy. This
Green fiscal policy measures and nonstandard monetary policy in euro aera
Anna Bartocci, Alessandro Notarpietro, and Massimiliano Pisani explore the impact of a green fiscal policy that is designed to address the impact of climate change on macroeconomy and monetary policy,
Reports
Taxing Energy Use for Sustainable Development: Opportunities for energy tax and subsidy reform in selected developing and emerging economies (OECD)
Economic recovery programmes provide opportunities for countries to focus on strategies for pursuing sustainable development, while taking the necessary steps to mobilise domestic resources. Sustainable development requires an alignment between
Adaptation Gap Report 2020
The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020 finds that while nations have advanced in planning, huge gaps remain in finance for developing countries and bringing adaptation projects to the stage where
U.K. Spending 32 Times More On Fossil Fuels Than Renewables: Wärtsilä Report
The U.K. government is squandering an opportunity to move towards a zero carbon future by pumping billions of stimulus cash into fossil fuels and all but neglecting renewable energy, according
Policy Briefs
Stopping Payments to Polluters: Clearing the air with fossil fuel subsidy reform in China and India (GSI)
Addressing urban air pollution requires governments to reorient policies away from fossil fuel combustion. This Policy Brief by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) explores one such policy shift—the reform of
Phasing Out Fossil-Fuel Subsidies in the G20: A Progress Update (Earth Track)
This briefing by Earth Track reviews progress among G20 nations in implementing their 2009 commitment to ‘rationalize and phase out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful
G20 Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Phase Out: A review of current gaps and needed changes to achieve success (Earth Track)
In 2009, the G20 nations committed to ‘rationalize and phase out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption’. This briefing by Earth Track reviews the reporting and
