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With the oil in the dumps, the world considers ending fossil-fuel subsidies (Electrek)
This article examines the possibilities to end fossil-fuel subsidies as global oil prices have decreased substantially. To read the full article, refer to the Electrek website.
Spend fossil-fuel subsidies on pandemic relief and the poor (Eco-Business)
Many developing countries have long maintained fuel subsidies because they are politically impossible to abandon, owing to the sticker shock that the public encounters at the pump as soon as
Pricing carbon during the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic (LSE/Grantham Institute)
This brief argues that once the immediate rescue has been secured and countries move towards recovery from COVID-19, carefully implementing carbon pricing while reducing fossil fuel subsidies should be at
Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change? (LSE/Grantham Institute)
The COVID-19 crisis is likely to have dramatic consequences for progress on climate change. Imminent fiscal recovery packages should entrench or partly displace the current fossil-fuel-intensive economic system. This paper
A Green Stimulus Plan for a Post-Coronavirus Economy (CityLab)
“If we’re going to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, then let’s do it in a way that shakes up the status quo. This is the message that a group of
Green Stimulus – Pembina Institute principles and recommendations for a 2020 economic stimulus package
The Pembina Institute sees the Covid-19 crisis as a moment of paramount importance for ensuring the health of Canadians and the future resilience of the Canadian economy. In this document,
Thinking ahead: For a sustainable recovery from COVID-19 (World Bank blogs)
For the World Bank’s blog “Development and a Changing Climate – From the frontlines of climate solutions” Stéphane Hallegatte, Lead Economist with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Put clean energy at the heart of stimulus plans to counter the coronavirus crisis (IEA Commentary)
Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 2015, comments on the need for governments to include the clean energy transition into their responses to the
How clean energy transitions can help kick-start economies (IEA commentary)
Dan Jørgensen, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, and Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 2015, comment on the challenges and chances for
