Catégorie Climate change
Les grands défis de la régulation internationale en faveur d’une transition juste
Les grands défis de la régulation internationale en faveur d’une transition juste Intervenants Philippe Heim, président du directoire de La Banque Postale Pascale Lamy, président du Forum de Paris sur la Paix et coordinateur du réseau Jacques Delors Vera Songwe, secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique des Nations Unies
Analysis: EU industry hands Brussels headache over carbon border levy
Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, June 22 (Reuters) – Brussels policymakers, about to unveil the world’s first carbon border levy, are caught between industry demands to twin it with free carbon permits worth billions of euros, and analysts’ warnings that doing so could expose the EU to legal challenges at the WTO. As part of a package […]
LEAK: EU’s carbon border tariff to target steel, cement, power
By Kira Taylor | EURACTIV.com with Reuters The European Union plans to impose carbon emission costs on imports of goods, including steel, cement and electricity, according to leaked documents obtained by EURACTIV. The European Commission is due to propose its carbon border adjustment mechanism on July 14, a move designed to put EU firms on an equal footing […]
La encrucijada de la nueva PAC: proteger la biodiversidad y a los pequeños agricultores
El PE pide una ley para preservar el 30% de las zonas terrestres y marítimas de la UE. De estar al borde de la extinción con 94 ejemplares en 2002 hasta los más de 1.110 actuales, la historia del lince ibérico, uno de los felinos más amenazados del mundo, es también la del triunfo de […]
Transition to a greener economy needs to accelerate – but how?
Key pressure facing businesses and governments is the pace of required action Cliff Taylor The potential economic cost of climate warming is by now undeniable. The lack of sufficiently rapid action internationally to deal with this may in part reflect the fact that the worst risks are some way off. But part of the problem […]
Carbon border tax would be a climate change ‘persuader’
Common feature of all proposals is a substantial tax on emissions from fossil fuels John FitzGerald Climate change is a policy challenge unlike most others, because success will require a global effort in a sphere which will bring significant upfront costs for each economy. And, although the world will benefit in the future from concerted policy […]
Pascal LAMY 