Transport
News
Germany to extend electric car subsidies to 2025
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will extend its enviromental subsidy for electric cars until 2025, government and auto industry sources told Reuters on Monday, a day
Joe Biden’s election could give Elon Musk the carbon tax he’s wanted for years
Elon Musk called for a carbon tax in Paris in 2015 during COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Then Donald Trump won the presidential
UN Sec-Gen: don’t ‘throw away’ stimulus money on fossil fuels
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday on governments not to “throw away” economic stimulus funds by supporting fossil fuel industries that contribute to global warming.
Reports
Taxing Energy Use 2019 (OECD)
The recently released OECD report reveals 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions from advanced and emerging economies are entirely untaxed. Emissions from road fuels are among those
OECD new report includes environmental sustainability considerations (IISD)
The IISD’s piece on the new OECD report, Going for Growth 2019, highlights the fact that, for the first time, the report explicitly includes environmental
Going for Growth 2019 (OECD)
Slow growth, high uncertainty and rising levels of inequality should prompt policy makers to take urgent action to achieve stronger, sustainable and more inclusive growth,
Policy Briefs
Towards a European Fuel Tax agreement (GBE and T&E)
This briefing by Green Budget Europe (GBE) and Transport and Environment (T&E) discusses how to cut diesel tax competition in Europe. In particular, it explores how
