How could shifting the tax burden from labour to pollution and resources help the EU reach its climate goals? Taxation is a key component to fulfilling the EU’s climate goals. To reduce carbon emissions, and achieve a sustainable economy more generally, incentives have to be in alignment with green policy objectives. One of the ways […]
Technical training workshop on Indicator 12.c.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies per unit of GDP (production and consumption) 27 September 2022, 8am – 9.30am Bangkok time (GMT +7 hours) 28 September 2022, 8am – 10am Bangkok time (GMT +7 hours) The scale and impact of fossil fuel subsidies imply challenges and opportunities on the path to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). […]
The OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting and the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action will host a virtual meeting on Green Budgeting on Thursday 3 November 2022 at 15:00 (Paris time). Register here to access event agenda and meeting link. To have more further information, please contact OECD Paris Collaborative on […]
Fossil fuel subsidies have many negative economic, social, and environmental consequences. Under SDG 12, United Nations member states committed to rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. To measure progress on this target, SDG indicator 12.c.1 tracks the global size of fossil fuel subsidies, primarily using data provided by international organizations. Despite being classified as a Tier […]
How much progress are we making on the third long-term goal of the Paris Agreement? Article 2.1(c) seeks to make finance flows ‘consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-resilient development’. Some countries are making huge strides towards ensuring that their finance flows are Paris-aligned. However, little is known about collective […]
The International Carbon Action Partnership will hold the event in the "ETS for Policy Practitioners Webinar Series" -- "The Role of Emissions Trading in Financing the Green Transition". Register here. Emissions trading systems have grown in recent years as a tool to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation activities, and to promote sustainable development. By […]
The OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting will host a in-person meeting on Green Budgeting on 17-18 April. Click here to register. To have more further information, please contact OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting.
The Good Food Finance Network (GFFN) is a coalition of organizations that aim to accelerate the flow of capital towards sustainable food systems, coordinated and convened by the UN Environment Programme, EAT, Food Systems for the Future, Access to Nutrition Initiative, and World Business Council for Sustainable Development. GFFN is hosting the Second Annual Good […]
In 2009, G20 governments committed to phasing out and rationalizing inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in the medium term, but 14 years later, the countries spent a record amount of public money to support coal, oil, and gas. What’s more, the issue of fossil fuel subsidies is notoriously absent in this year’s G20 agenda ahead of […]
The ACW 2023 will discuss climate solutions ahead of COP28. This year's Africa Climate Week (ACW) will take place from 4-8 September 2023 in Nairobi, hosted by the government of Kenya. ACW 2023 will be organized in parallel with the Africa Climate Summit on 4-6 September, also hosted by Kenya. Register here for ACW 2023 […]
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