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
A sustainable future for fisheries: how fiscal policy can be used to achieve SDG14 (IIED)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 include a specific goal to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources – SDG14. This briefing by the International
Successful environmental taxes in Denmark (GBE and Danish Ecological Council)
This briefing note by Green Budget Europe (GBE) and the Danish Ecological Council sets out some of the most successful environmental taxes in Denmark. It focuses on: water taxes, carbon
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 the environment.
Fiscal reforms in the extractive sector (UN Environment)
A key challenge facing many resource-rich countries is how to mobilize and effectively use volatile revenues from resource extraction, while addressing externalities from mining activities. This new UN Environment Policy
Fiscal reforms in the extractives sector for green finance (UN Environment)
A key challenge facing many resource-rich countries is how to mobilize and effectively use volatile revenues from resource extraction, while addressing social and environmental externalities of mining activities. This UNEP
