Are climate change policies politically costly?
Are policies designed to avert climate change (Climate Change Policies, or CCPs) politically costly? Using data on governmental popular support and the OECD’s Environmental Stringency Index, find that
Emission Tax
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Assessment of the air pollution tax and emission concentration limits in the Czech Republic
This paper assesses the design of the air pollution tax in conjunction with a stringency analysis of the emission concentration limits in the Czech Republic. The analysis draws upon a detailed database
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Towards decarbonising transport: a 2018 stocktake on sectoral ambition in the G20
CO2 emissions from transport are still rising. If immediate action is not taken, more radical measures will be unavoidable in the future. This is the top line conclusion from the newly released joint report
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Trucks have to pay green cess to enter Delhi from November 1
Charges to be operative for 4 months from November 1 on ‘experimental basis’. Pointing out that pollution caused by traffic entering or passing through Delhi inflicts heavy cost on the health of the residents
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SC imposes green levy on trucks entering Delhi
The court also ordered toll collectors to put in place radio frequency identification systems at the nine main entry points in the city by November 30. Commercial vehicles entering Delhi would have to
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SC: Vehicles entering Delhi to pay environment charge from Nov.
Charges will be Rs 700 for light duty vehicles and two-axle vehicles and Rs 1,300 for three-axle and above. The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ (ECC) on commercial
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Vehicles entering Delhi to pay environment charge from November: Supreme Court
Light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering Delhi in addition to the toll tax from November 1, with the Supreme Court today imposing the ‘Environment Compensation
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Pollution tax on Delhi trucks
Big trucks entering Delhi will have to pay Rs 1,300 and smaller commercial vehicles Rs 700 with the Supreme Court today ordering an experimental pollution compensation charge from November 1. The court
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You may breathe easy from Nov 1
Beginning November 1, trucks, light goods vehicles and heavy containers passing through Delhi will have to pay `700 or `1,300 (depending on the category of vehicle) as the Supreme Court on Monday asked
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Levy pollution tax from Nov 1: SC
Heavy Vehicles To Pay `Environment Compensation Charge' At Toll Booths In a move to check high level of air pollution in the capital, the Supreme Court on Monday formally imposed Environment Compensation