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Words “fossil fuels” find their place in US politcal debates
1 November 2019: In CNN’s recent climate crisis town hall, fossil fuels—and the industry that produces them—were mentioned 153 times. In particular, US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pledged to end
Cuts in energy subsidies and expansion of solar and wind power driving Egypt’s energy transformation
1 November 2019: The government has recently slashed energy subsidies as part of a series of fiscal reforms, reducing public spending on subsidies from a high of 5.9% of GDP
Slovenia chooses 19 facilities to enter RES/CHP support scheme
5 November 2019: The Slovenian Energy Agency has completed the latest selection of electricity generation facilities to be included in the support scheme (receiving EUR 10 million in subsidies) for
Russian draft climate law significantly weakened after industry intervention
25 October 2019: The Russian government has significantly weakened its proposed law to regulate emissions, apparently caving in to the country’s powerful fossil fuel industry. The first draft of the
Spanish solar developer plans 3.3 gigawatts of subsidy-free PV farms
29 October 2019: Madrid-based Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA is planning to install 3,325 megawatts of capacity by the end of 2023 with no support from public funding, taking
Netherlands puts forward €5 billion in new clean energy subsidies
29 October 2019: The Netherlands has launched the latest round of its renewable energy subsidy programme SDE+ this week, with a budget to the tune of €5 billion (~US$5.6 billion).
Experts in Germany argue that a higher carbon price will not be the only determinant of the Klimapaket success
28 October 2019: Experts from adelphi, Climate Focus, and Perspectives Climate Group, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Security have studied a number
Nudging Effective Climate Policy Design (Bowman, 2011)
This paper applies insights from behavioural economics literature to design options in climate policy to make suggestions on how to create and pass effective climate regulation. The paper makes three
Three largest UK power generators urge the country’s Tresury “not to waver on carbon pricing”
29 October 2019: The UK’s three largest power generators: SSE, Drax, and Orsted were joined by a climate change NGO Sandbag in an open letter to the HM Treasury in
