By Natalia Alonso, Tony Long and Jorgo Riss The EU’s financial-transaction tax could unlock financing to be used to limit and cope with climate change. A year of record breaking extreme weather has served as a timely reminder of the need to invest now to prevent catastrophic climate change. Recent reports by the World Bank, [...]
Hurricane Sandy is the last clear cut example of climate change in action and a stark demonstration of the economic and human cost of extreme weather. Homes battered down by storms, crops ruined by floods and droughts all lead to significant economic loss. Climate change is estimated to have cost 1% of global GDP in [...]
Por Àngela Corbalán En tiempos de vacas flacas como ahora, una tasa a las transacciones financieras supondría una inyección extra de dinero para la salud y educación públicas difícil de desperdiciar. Pero curiosamente, como ha sucedido con otras ideas brillantes en la historia de la humanidad, la tasa Robin Hood no convence a todos, así [...]
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