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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 2 November 2009 English

In order to reform fossil fuel subsidies, G-20 governments must first identify the scope, value and impacts of the subsidies they provide to both fossil fuel producers and consumers. Standardized …


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 13 April 2010 English

Finally, this effort and the other work of the GSI could not have been undertaken without the generous support of the governments of Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the William …


World Bank Group · 15 June 2023 English

While countries increasingly commit to pricing greenhouse gases directly through carbon taxes or emissions trading systems, indirect forms of carbon pricing-such as fuel excise taxes and fuel subsidy reforms-remain important …


World Bank Group · 30 June 2023 English

Energy subsidies, which have a long history of use by governments around the world, have been rising in recent years after a brief period of decline. Despite their significant wider …


Earth Track · 4 November 2010 English

Comparisons with third party studies of consumer and producer subsidies found In its September 2009 Communiqué from Pittsburgh, the G20 that some of the countries reporting very little in the …




desLibris · 10 June 2019 English

A “swap”— reallocating some of the savings from subsidy reform to fund the clean energy transition—could magnify the contributions to long-term, permanent emission reductions, the economy, jobs, public health and …


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 6 July 2010 English

The practice of subsidizing fossil fuels is increasingly recognized as being incompatible with efforts needed to address climate change and to move toward a path of sustainable development. Removing subsidies …