Subsidies

A subsidy or government incentive is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy. Although commonly extended from the government, the term subsidy can relate to any type of support – for example from NGOs or as implicit subsidies. Subsidies come in various forms including: direct (cash grants, interest-free loans) and indirect (tax breaks, insurance, low-interest loans, accelerated depreciation, rent rebates).Furthermore, they can be broad or narrow, legal or illegal, ethical or unethical. The most common forms of subsidies are those to the …

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CIEL: Center for International Environmental Law · 10 December 2024 English

For instance, in its La Oroya judgement, the Inter- American Court referred to“unlawful or arbitrary conduct that causes serious, extensive, lasting and irreversible damage to the environment in a scenario …

territory, as well as discontinuing fossil fuel subsidies. Finally, Saint Lucia highlighted obligations


Centre for Cities · 10 December 2024 English

This report examines the potential of land value capture as a mechanism to finance new towns and urban extensions in the UK. It identifies areas around 15 major cities where …

25-35 for an overall summary of private rental subsidies in Western European countries in the post-war affordable housing is true social rented housing. The subsidies are therefore significantly greater than if building


IGS: Institute for Global Sustainability · 9 December 2024 English

impose steeper gasoline taxes to harness revenue. There's a growing call to reduce fossil fuel subsidies to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, advocating for carbon pricing to promote clean technology.

There's a growing call to reduce fossil fuel subsidies to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, advocating


WHO: World Health Organization · 9 December 2024 English

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population coverage through increased government subsidies and SHI contributions (33). Importantly, there Accordingly, SHI schemes are usually underpinned by subsidies allocated from government budgets to cover the


CIEL: Center for International Environmental Law · 9 December 2024 English

Namibia offered a refreshingly focused approach to the questions before the Court, emphasising the concrete impacts of climate change on water to the detriment of human rights and the environment, …

ruling, and can include halting of government subsidies for fossil fuels, adopting legislation to phase consequences can take the form of cutting fossil fuel subsidies and phasing out fossil fuels, nudging the Court


WHO: World Health Organization · 9 December 2024 English

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sometimes government budget transfers, as general subsidies or contribu­ tions on behalf of some population employers or others and sometimes government subsidies and usually managed by private entities such funded by VHI premiums and sometimes government subsidies and are usually managed by private entities such


ECVC: European Coordination Via Campesina · 9 December 2024 Spanish

Entre estos se incluyen: la acumulación de tierras y especulación, que hacen que la tierra sea escasa e inaccesible; la falta de ingresos dignos y de condiciones laborales adecuadas; la …

‘ultimate beneficiaries’ linked to €3bn of EU farming subsidies 10 https://www.eurovia.org/es/publicaciones/55300/ -ultimate-beneficiaries-linked-to-eu-farming-subsidies https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/ -ultimate-beneficiaries-linked-to-eu-farming-subsidies Recomendaciones de ECVC para el Plan de Acción


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 7 December 2024 English

The Labour government has recently published a Green Paper called Invest 2035: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy which sets out its plan for an industrial strategy. This is the first …

stimulating investment than deregulation and government subsidies would be to seriously address the trading relationship


ISPP: Indian School of Public Policy · 7 December 2024 English

The State administration is headed by a Governor, and the Speaker of the Legislative administrative system and Assembly, the Chief Minister, and the Chief Justice of the High Court are …

Public-Private Partnerships were taken up by offering subsidies and protection while providing outcome-based performance Grand Challenge. Faced with low offtake of the subsidies available for Several countries have established


Economic Policy Institute · 6 December 2024 English

EPI submission to Texas Climate Jobs Project Community Commission on Truth and Transparency in Texas Hydrogen.Introduction In 2023, the Biden-Harris administration selected the Gulf Coast as the location of one …

likely to receive up to $1.2 billion in federal subsidies from BIL (OCED n.d.b.). Each H2Hub has a distinct only providing billions of dollars’ worth of subsidies for hydrogen companies but is also committed to


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