
November 2019
Fair climate. Green taxes against ecological inequality.
The use of natural resources is unequally distributed at a global level. Those who use the least resources, bear most of the effects of excessive resource use, above all the impact of climate change. While countries of the Global South export resources, countries of the Global North outsource dirty production, and thereby environmental costs, to the Global South. Environ-mental taxes are not only useful in deterring environmentally damaging behavior. They can generate tax revenues that enable especially poorer cash-strapped countries …
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative. A View from the Periphery
This round table discussion will present updated information on the implementation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Myanmar and West Asia. Experts from the Department of East Asian Studies (University of Vienna) and specialists from outside the university as well as from NGOs will discuss the question whether or not the Chinese initiative creates the kind of “win-win-situation” which the Chinese Government propagates as its main aim.
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