5 July 2017 – At a national workshop on inclusive management of marine ecosystems in India, experts discussed subsidies in the marine fisheries. The event was held at the Central
20 June 2017 – A new landfill disposal tax will replace the UK landfill tax in Wales from April 2018. The tax will allocate funds to support biodiversity, waste minimisation
21 June 2017 – Rules governing subsidies for coal power plants should be tightened, according to a draft plan published by the European Parliament. Read the full article on the
22 June 2017 – Trade negotiators continued their work towards crafting new WTO disciplines on fisheries subsidies, examining proposals put forward by Indonesia and a group of Latin American countries
23 June 2017 – The first transit strategy from London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s administration contains a passage that considers replacing the existing central London congestion charge with a pay-per-mile charge
26 June 2017 – Europe’s offshore wind power industry recently achieved a major milestone with three projects to be built without a government subsidy. Read the full article on IEEE
3 July 2017 – A coalition of thirteen energy industry firms, including Siemens, Shell and Total, have launched a new joint initiative to limit the amount of state aid subsidies
5 July 2017 – A new report by a coalition of NGOs found that G20 countries provided an average of US$71.8bn of public finance for fossil-fuel projects per year between
8 June 2017 – Shipping’s decarbonisation is inevitable and now widely accepted. It will create major changes in the shipping industry as the sector moves on from using fossil fuels
20 June 2017 – Several Latin American countries have introduced ambitious green tax reforms, in particular Chile and Mexico stand out by having introduced a carbon tax. Gavin O’Toole (Freelance
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