The U.K. government is squandering an opportunity to move towards a zero carbon future by pumping billions of stimulus cash into fossil fuels and all but neglecting renewable energy, according
Poor countries could turn to fossil fuels as ‘green recovery’ leaves them behind says new report. A new report from development charity Christian Aid has warned that post-Covid stimulus packages
Fossil fuels still receive most of the international government support provided to the energy sector despite their “well-known environmental and public health damage,” according to new research from Rice University’s
There is growing awareness of the negative health impacts of air pollution caused by road transport in many emerging economies such as Indonesia. Governments face increasing pressure to limit harmful
Pollution is one of the major challenges of our time, affecting human health and the environment. Pollution also has economic costs linked to effects on labour productivity, health expenditure, crop
With the world population expected to reach almost 9.7 billion by 2050, a key question is how to sustainably improve agricultural productivity to meet increasing demand for food. Historically, pesticides
The Stockholm Environment Institute features a new article in Nature which explains how subsidies affect fossil fuel investment and why they deserve greater attention in global modelling analyses. To read
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the wide-ranging measures needed to slow its advance triggered an unprecedented collapse in oil demand, a surge in oil inventories, and a record one-month decline
Zimbabwe has a long history of providing subsidies to farmers. The policies that have defined these subsidies have changed over time and led periodically to significant and unsustainable pressure on
The latest edition of the OECD’s annual Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation report shows that the support policies implemented by the 54 countries studied – all OECD and EU countries,
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