Sentences with phrase «eliminating subsidies for fossil fuels»

Sanders claims that his plan will reduce emissions by establishing a revenue neutral carbon tax, eliminating subsidies for fossil fuels and increasing them for renewable energy.

These economic reforms can and should include carbon pricing, creating more liquid and fungible energy markets arbitrated by price, dispatch and carbon and eliminated subsidies for fossil fuels.

Not exact matches

Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would slash global carbon emission by 20 percent and raise government revenue by 2.9 trillion, well over the funds needed for intelligent policy and action on climate adaptation.»

A study published today, by a group led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), indicates that eliminating fossil fuel subsidies could curb global greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 5 % through 2030 while saving hundreds of billions of dollars in public money.

Mandates and subsidies for fossil - fuel intensive biofuels such as corn - derived ethanol are so large that eliminating or reducing them would almost certainly do more than a carbon tax to curb these fuels» artificial price advantage.

Kim said action was needed to create a carbon market, eliminate fossil - fuel subsidies and «green» the world's 100 megacities, which are responsible for 60 to 70 % of global emissions.

These measures include levying a price on carbon emissions, eliminating tax subsidies for fossil fuels and ending implicit subsidies, such as leasing federal lands that contain coal or oil at rates below the fair market rate.

The IEA itself in its policy recommendations does advise policy makers to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies to create a level playing field for renewables.

Democrats believe the tax code must reflect our commitment to a clean energy future by eliminating special tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuel companies as well as defending and extending tax incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy.

There is room for improvement in the Parliament's position, both in ensuring priority access for all new renewables, and in fully eliminating all capacity mechanisms that function as hidden fossil fuel subsidies.

The Fine Print Despite all of this real world progress, the Lima text failed to take obvious steps to incentivize the transition to a clean energy future, steps like putting a price on carbon, eliminating perverse fossil fuel subsidies and increasing support for developing countries to leapfrog to modern, low - carbon economies.

The results were an interesting peak at the involved society's state of mind and interests (or perhaps a pat in the back for those behind the #EndFossilFuelSubsidies campaign): 66.1 % of voters chose «Take concrete steps to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies» among their options, with all the other measures not raising above 35 % in popularity.

Increase investment in energy efficiency, renewables and carbon capture and storage technologies while eliminating subsidies for fossil - fuel industries.

Hence, if you want to change directions, you have to influence the politics — you have to work to prevent the Koch Brothers from destroying California renewable energy initiatives, you have to work to eliminate federal subsidies and liability caps for fossil fuel projects (which would mean that oil drillers would have to post $ 10 billion bonds for every deepwater project they initiated), and — for academic scientists — you have to lobby your academic administrators to cut their ties with shady fossil fuel interests like BP and Exxon, and work to open renewable energy research institutes at America's leading universities.

Justice for the poor can be delivered by funding climate adaptation and mitigation activities in developing nations with at least US$ 160 billion per year, by a commitment to reduce overconsumption, wherever it exists, to equitable, sustainable levels and by eliminating developed countries» subsidies on fossil fuels and shifting them to renewable energy.

Eliminate federal subsidies for fossil fuels and re-direct those federal funds to renewable energy development and energy efficiency programs.

Estimates suggest that, globally, this approach to funding could amount to $ 1.9 trillion from ending fossil fuel subsidies, $ 485 billion annually from eliminating agricultural subsidies, and $ 27 billion from ending subsidies for marine trawling.

Vince, who has received an OBE for his services to the environment, adds that in addition to the divestment campaign and a consumer boycott we must eliminate government fossil fuel subsidies.