All posts tagged "Carbon Tax"

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  New Canadian PM Mark Carney forms government, with minister of government transformation among appointments

  Mark Carney – the former public servant who served both the Department of Finance and central bank in Canada and was governor of the Bank of England in the UK

  • Posted March 17, 2025
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  Challenging the accepted wisdom: why economics isn’t ‘up to the job’ of tackling climate change

  Finance leaders are key to the economic and governmental changes required to reach net zero – but the Global Government Finance Summit heard fears that they have not yet understood

  • Posted October 1, 2023
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  Top Australian former officials blast country’s ‘failure’ on climate change

  Former Australian civil service leaders have condemned successive governments’ failure to tackle climate change, with former Australian Public Service chief Martin Parkinson calling their efforts “incoherent” and ex-Treasury secretary Ken

  • Posted May 20, 2020
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  The public finance tools that marry economy and environment

  For years, China has been using subsidies and taxation to build its solar power equipment industries – and as a result, it dominates world markets. Now other countries are using

  • Posted October 16, 2017
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  Latin America sets the pace on environmental taxes

  Several Latin American countries have introduced ambitious green tax reforms. Gavin O’Toole learns the lessons for others keen to push their economies towards environmental sustainability The pioneering introduction of carbon

  • Posted June 20, 2017
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