Fiscal policies and incentives are often key underlying drivers of forest and land use change, though documentation of their impacts on land use is often lacking. This scoping report by
This report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) in coordination with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) presents the results of a qualitative survey of the
At the end of 2014, Indonesia introduced major reforms to its fossil fuel subsidies, removing subsidies to gasoline and introducing a “fixed” subsidy for diesel. At the same time, world
This report by the Center for American Progress proposes that United States federal agencies and state governments adopt the private-sector practice of proxy carbon pricing when evaluating long-term government decisions
A carbon price creates financial incentives for businesses and households to adjust their current consumption and investment patterns, and also to adopt and develop cleaner technologies in the future. But
This report by the Asian Development Bank measures the size of subsidies on fossil fuels including direct transfers, tax exemptions, subsidized credit, and losses of state enterprises in India, Indonesia,
This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) investigates international experience and best practice on how to reform LPG subsidies and lessons for Indonesia.
This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines subsidies to coal production in China, identifying an estimated USD 5.8 billion in government support in 2013. Major subsidies included in the assessment
This report sets out the findings of a working group, chaired by Guillaume Sainteny, tasked with identifying French public subsidies and fiscal incentives harmful to biodiversity and options for reform in order to reduce
This report by the China National Renewable Energy Centre (CNREC) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) reviews international experience in the use of environmental fiscal reform (EFR) and
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