Reports
Fiscal Policies for Development and Climate Action – Policy Summary for Finance Ministers (World Bank)
This brochure summarizes the policy recommendations of a World Bank upcoming publication. The report is a call to action for Finance Ministers. It highlights the fundamental role that fiscal instruments
Opinion concerning Commission proposals for regulations relating to the Common Agricultural Policy for the post-2020 period (European Court of Auditors)
The European Court of Auditors (ECA), an EU institution for auditing the EU’s finances, has published its evaluation of the European Commission’s legislative proposal on the future of the Common
Changing prices in a changing climate: electoral competitiveness and fossil fuel taxation (LSE)
Even though economists advocate a tax on fossil fuels, many countries show reluctance to increase the price of fossil fuels. This paper examines the influence of electoral competitiveness on such
G20 peer review of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in Germany and Mexico (G20)
Germany and Mexico released their voluntary peer reviews of fossil fuel subsidies under the G-20, during the twenty-third Conference of Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Update on recent progress in reform of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption (IEA, OECD)
This report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) covers the latest developments within the G20 context, other multilateral fora, and recent
Modern slavery and the race to fish (Nature Communications)
A recent paper in Nature Communications shows that there is a substantial relationship between the prevalence of modern slavery in a fishing nation and the amount of unreported (and therefore
