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France Considers Push for Global Carbon Tax
March 29, 2016
Bloomberg reports that French government officials are expressing interest in pushing for a global agreement establishing a tax on greenhouse gas emissions in order to counter climate change and creating a minimum and maximum price for "emissions units" that would limit the amount of carbon dioxide businesses are permitted to release.
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NGO Seeks Action from Climate Fund After UN Paris Deal
March 29, 2016
Sven Harmeling from CARE International has called for more and urgent action from the UN's Green Climate Fund to fund the mitigation of climate change impacts in line with the December 2015 UN agreement in Paris on combating global warming.
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World Bank Launches Urban Sustainability Initiative
March 29, 2016
The World Bank has announced that, in partnership with UN agencies and other development banks, it is launching a $1.5 billion initiative to work with cities in developing countries to promote programs improving urban "sustainability" and reducing their impact on climate change.
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World Bank Meeting Stresses Carbon Tax
March 28, 2016
The World Bank recently hosted a meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, at which it pushed representatives from over 30 governments to adopt a tax on corporate emissions of greenhouse gases in order to limit global warming.
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Groves: UN Climate Deal Requires US Senate Ratification
March 28, 2016
Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation writes that the UN deal on climate change agreed in Paris in December 2015 is "in form, in substance, and in the nature of its commitments a treaty" that must be approved by the US Senate before it can take effect and before the President can enact its provisions.
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