Environmental taxes, reliefs and schemes for businesses.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can refer to a wide range of actions that businesses may make - from donating to charity to ethical trading. One primary focus of CSR is the environment. What is environmental CSR? Environmental CSR aims to reduce any damaging effects on the environment from your business' processes. Activities may focus on.
Together with Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, aims to be the broadest and most diverse coalition yet established within the UK to campaign for changes to government policy on climate change. Its membership includes many Christian environmental organisations, along with other UK leading environmental bodies and international development agencies.
The World Bank Group brings together knowledge and expertise across all major sectors of development. Our goal is to help developing countries find solutions to the toughest global and local development challenges—from adapting to climate change to boosting food security or fighting corruption.
This paper is part of a series under the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy’s Carbon Tax Research Initiative. It provides projections of the US energy system and emissions implications of carbon taxes and associated policy choices (2) using RHG-NEMS, which is a version of the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) maintained by the Rhodium Group. (3).
The emphasis of this MSc is on understanding the implications of climate change and climate policies for equity between, and within, countries. You’ll gain specialist knowledge of the earth system and climate impacts, for example related to water, food and ecosystem services.
A green economy is defined as low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive. In a green economy, growth in employment and income are driven by public and private investment into such economic activities, infrastructure and assets that allow reduced carbon emissions and pollution, enhanced energy and resource efficiency, and prevention of the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Climate change and the environment. Climate change and environmental damage are two of the most dramatic challenges facing the world today. Many countries are already feeling the effects of climate change. In our part of the world, the changes in the Arctic region are particularly dramatic and worrying.