Webinar: Economic Instruments to Leverage Clean Energy Investment
There is widespread recognition that the bulk of the investments needed to meet the Paris goals and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will have to come from private investors aiming to make commercial returns.
Many of the needed investments are not currently considered attractive investment opportunities. How can those opportunities be made sufficiently attractive for private investors to dedicate their funds at the scale needed for the necessary energy transition?
This webinar will look at the strong role of economic instruments in creating incentives to help de-risk the needed investments. IISD experts will focus on specific fiscal policies in three major developing economies and discuss the extent to which they support—or detract from—Nationally Determined Contribution and SDG achievement, and the emerging energy transition:
- India – Goods and Services Tax (GST) reform
- Mexico – Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) market
- Indonesia – Fossil fuel subsidy reforms
Date: July 5, 2018
Session 1 at 10:00 AM CET, link to join:
Session 2 at 5:00 PM CET, link to join:
Upcoming events
Canadian Prairie Agriculture Under Climate Change: How can we chart a resilient path?
Join IISD and Climate West on December 2, 2021, for a discussion about the future of farming in the Canadian Prairies.
Aligning Recovery with the Energy Transition: Five principles for a “fossil-free recovery”
This workshop, a side session to the GEC Global Meeting 2021, will engage participants with IISD’s five principles for a fossil-free recovery using examples and discussion to evaluate strategies in practice.
Funding Sources for Manitoban Municipalities’ Green Initiatives
This 1-hour webinar event will provide Manitoban municipalities with an overview of the funding sources available to advance the implementation of their planned green priorities. The webinar will review funding from Federal government departments, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and other sources. It will also provide participants with key considerations when applying for available funding.
Social Taxonomies: The next frontier in classifying sustainable economic activities
The main objective of this event is to discuss the unique challenges of assessing social impact & taxonomy in relation to sustainable investment.