Is a 2° climate target from 2020 cost-efficient?

December 01 2013

The Green Budget Europe Annual Conference discussed new approaches for environmental fiscal reform and emissions trading at the Swiss, EU and international level and honoured Professor Frank Convery as 2013 Environmental Fiscal Reformer of the Year, reports Constanze Adolf, director of Green Budget Europe’s Brussels office.

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