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Subsidies and Sustainable Agriculture: Mapping the Policy Landscape (Chatham House 2019)
Agricultural subsidies shape production and consumption patterns, with potentially significant effects on poverty, nutrition and other sustainability concerns. The paper by Chatham House maps the different types of support provided
Opinion: Carbon markets will not help stop climate change
13 December 2019: Dennis Clare, the president of the Institute for Energy and Climate Strategies and an adviser to SIDS at COP25, writes from Madrid that a major stumbling block
IMF’s Ian Parry: Why the carbon tax makes sense (Podcast)
In this podcast, Ian Parry, IMF’s principal environmental fiscal policy expert, argues no environmental policies are more effective than carbon taxes. Mr. Parry says carbon taxes promote a full range
Reaping What We Sow (Batini 2019)
The agri-food sector now creates a quarter of human-produced greenhouse gas emissions—a share expected to increase to a half of all such emissions by 2050. As the global population grows
Putting a Price on Pollution (Parry 2019)
In this new article, Ian Parry from the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department argues for putting a price on carbon, for achieving Paris Agreement Commitment. His proposition rests on four crucial
New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade launched a video on the “cheapest thing the world could do to reduce climate-change emissions” – phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. David
The European Parliament declares climate emergency and calls for fossil fuel subsidy phase out
28 November 2019: Ahead of the UN COP25 Climate Change Conference in Madrid, the European Parliament approved a resolution declaring a climate and environmental emergency in Europe and globally. Specifically,
Chile’s Protests Offer Lessons on Social Inequality and Climate Action
27 November 2019: The simple fact that the popular uprising in Chile was triggered by a fare increase for probably one of the “greenest” metros in the world shines the
How Climate Action Is Good for the United States Economy: Success of carbon pricing and importance of wind energy taxes
25 November 2019: A new article by the World Resources Institute outlines 12 reasons why climate action is positive for the U.S. economy on the whole. In terms of fiscal
