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Revisiting Tax Incentives as an Investment Promotion Tool: Q&A for investment policy-makers
Are tax incentives effective at attracting investment in developing countries?
A climate mandate for Manitoba
With the arrival of a fresh government in Manitoba, there is an opportunity for the province to rejuvenate its efforts on climate change. With ministers set to receive their mandates, we ask: what would an ambitious climate plan look like for Manitoba? While the NDP ran on a campaign to improve health care and affordability—and Manitobans replied resoundingly—we must not lose sight of essential investments to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change. Our health and wealth are directly linked to our natural environment that is put at risk by the climate crisis.
EU climate divisions give foretaste of fight looming at COP28
A hard-won deal on the European Union's negotiating stance for this year's U.N. climate talks has revealed regional rifts that anticipate global tensions at the COP28 summit. Diplomats from the 27 EU countries spent weeks debating their COP28 position before their climate ministers agreed on Monday to push for deals to phase out CO2-emitting fossil fuels, triple production of renewable energy and halt the building of coal power plants.
Ukraine's green transition to freedom
The green transition is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Ukraine, however, not only has to decarbonize, but must do so amidst a war. Despite it, the country is already rebuilding and discussions about greening the economy are vivid.
A Thriving Future
This brief analyzes Canada's Emissions Reductions Plan and its impacts on poverty and inequality, showing the need for social safeguards in policy.
Policy Coherence and Food Systems Transformation
To develop national pathways toward sustainable food systems, we need to align a diverse range of policy areas. How can countries overcome contradictions, inconsistencies, and trade-offs?
Fueling Change: The journey to end fossil fuel subsidies in Canada
How Canada became the first country in the world to introduce a framework for ending government subsidies to domestic oil and gas companies.
Developed nations may face scrutiny over unfulfilled climate commitments at COP28: UN report
Acknowledgement that historical emissions of developed countries have depleted the carbon budget and that they failed to fulfil their pre-2020 commitments could be included in the outcome of the first-ever global stocktake. Pre-2020 commitments of developed countries refer to emission reduction pledges they made before the Paris Agreement under the Kyoto Protocol and the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol. Initiated in Glasgow in 2021, the first-ever global stocktake will conclude at the annual climate talks (COP28) in Dubai in December.