EPISODE · Jun 20, 2023 · 5 MIN
How affordable commodities fuel climate change
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Globally, governments subsidise things like fuel for general consumption and fertiliser for agricultural use. They do it so that the steep price rises don’t make it hard for people to buy these commodities. Economies, especially developing ones like ours thrive on this after all. But a couple of days ago, the World Bank suggested that if governments stop spending trillions of dollars in subsidies, it could actually help fight climate change. So in today’s episode for 20th June 2023, we talk about the practicality of this premise.
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Globally, governments subsidise things like fuel for general consumption and fertiliser for agricultural use. They do it so that the steep price rises don’t make it hard for people to buy these commodities. Economies, especially developing ones like ours thrive on this after all. But a couple of days ago, the World Bank suggested that if governments stop spending trillions of dollars in subsidies, it could actually help fight climate change. So in today’s episode for 20th June 2023, we talk about the practicality of this premise.
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