China allots environment tax revenue to local gov'ts
27 December 2017 – China will allot revenue from the environmental protection tax to local governments to motivate participation in the fight against pollution. According to a decree by the State
27 December 2017 – China will allot revenue from the environmental protection tax to local governments to motivate participation in the fight against pollution. According to a decree by the State
23 December 2017 – The fiscal 2018 tax reform outline, adopted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition, calls for introducing the forest environment tax to finance efforts to manage and
19 December 2017 – China released plans on to start a giant market to trade credits for the right to emit planet-warming greenhouse gases. The nationwide market would initially cover China’s
14 December 2017 – On the occasion of the One Planet Summit, government leaders of Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Governors of California and Washington, and the Premiers of
A newly published study for the European Commission by IEEP and partners investigates civil society’s role in improving the effectiveness of environmental taxes to reduce pollution and better manage natural
Every year, world governments spend a colossal sum to lower the price of fossil fuels. That doesn’t make sense. New Zealand is pressing for a new solution to this global challenge,
To control the risk of climatic disruption, many economists advocate putting a price on carbon. Research shows that an especially efficient way to do that would be to use a
The Paris Agreement’s very ambitious mitigation goals, notably to ‘pursue efforts’ to limit warming to 1.5°C, imply that climate policy will remain a national affair for some time. One key
13 December 2017 – China’s practice in recent years shows that establishing long-term, effective and ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can attract more capital and technology from all sectors
12 December 2017 – Belgium will issue its first bond for use in financing projects to reduce the country’s carbon emissions. Belgium would follow a number of countries that have sold
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