Reports
Energy Subsidies: Lessons Learned in Assessing their Impact and Designing Policy Reforms (UN Environment)
Energy subsidies are widespread, but they vary greatly in importance and type according to the fuel and country. As these subsidies can cause both positive and negative effects, governments need
Environmental Fiscal Reform – Case studies (GIZ)
Market-based instruments have been increasingly applied in the last two decades for sustainable development, leading to efficient environmental management and creating revenues for poverty reduction. In this context, environmental fiscal
The Use of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy: Opportunities and Challenges (UN Environment)
Economic instruments involves market mechanisms and provide important and useful approach to address environmental challenges, ranging from pollution taxes, subsidies, charges and marketable permits to deposit-refund systems and performance bonds.
Reforming Energy Subsidies: Opportunities to Contribute to the Climate Change Agenda (UN Environment)
Reforming environmentally harmful energy subsidies will need to play a central role in moving the world onto a more sustainable development path. Consensus on the detrimental impact of rising fossil-energy
