How Can a Fossil Fuel Levy Cut Emissions and Finance Climate Action?
A levy on extracting fossil fuels could reduce emissions and help finance climate action. How can governments implement the most effective fossil fuel levy?
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October 2024 | Carbon Minefields Oil and Gas Exploration Monitor
In September 2024, a total of 19 oil and gas exploration licences were awarded across eight countries, with a concerning estimated volume of embodied emissions reaching 147.1 million metric tons of CO2.
Oil and Gas Exploration is Set to Surge, Despite COP 28 Pact
If fully exploited, oil and gas reserves set to be licensed for exploration in the next 6 months would emit 15 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
What Makes Minerals and Metals ‘Critical’? Financial benefits and other key considerations for governments
Presenting guidance to help governments understand the concept of mineral criticality and take stock of related opportunities and risks.
Roundtable: Can Latin America build a post-fossil fuel economy?
Many Latin American countries rely on fossil fuels for their energy, exports, and economies. Experts, including IISD policy advisor Paola Yanguas Parra, were asked how the region might decarbonize.
Health Sector Seeks Path to Greater Impact on Climate Policies–but Fossil Fuel Subsidies Block the Way
As health actors ramp up their game on climate change, in advance of the next UN Climate Conference (COP 29), the fact that global warming poses an "existential threat" to health has become almost cliché.
Brussels push to ban ECT disputes gains traction
Two arbitration victories for Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) have sparked hopes that efforts to halt the intra-EU disputes that dominate claims under the controversial global pact are starting to bear fruit. Climate scholars, like IISD's Lukas Schaugg, believe the tribunal wins this month signal growing acceptance in international legal circles that EU investors cannot bring ECT claims against other member state governments.
Navigating Net-Zero: Policies to help Canadian industry compete
Presenting insights and policy recommendations from the Commission on Carbon Competitiveness, exploring how Canada can decarbonize key industries while maintaining global competitiveness.
Inside COP 29
On the final official day of COP 29, the Presidency’s new draft texts on key outstanding issues, including the new collective quantified goal on finance, were not well received.