MENA Energy Pricing Reforms (Oxford Energy Forum)
It has been nearly three years since the collapse in global oil prices and there have been mixed outcomes for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While
Green fiscal policies such as fossil fuel subsidy reform, carbon-energy taxation, emissions trading, air pollution taxes and green subsidies can play a critical role in limiting energy-related negative impacts on human health, air quality and the climate. By pricing harmful emissions and driving the transition to clean and low-carbon energy sources and increasing demand for renewable energy technologies.
It has been nearly three years since the collapse in global oil prices and there have been mixed outcomes for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While
This paper by Tyeler Matsuo and Tobias S Schmidt published in Environmental Research Letters (Volume 12, Number 1) proposes that ‘hybrid’ policies that package fossil fuel subsidy reform with low-carbon
This special issue of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics seeks to enhance understanding of the global governance of energy subsidies, bringing together insights and perspectives from international relations
This article by Benjamin K. Sovacool provides a review of global energy subsidies—of definitions and estimation techniques, their type and scope, their drawbacks, and effective ways to reform them. The
This book by World Bank staff and external contributors proposes a framework for understanding the political economy of subsidy reform and applies it to four in-depth country studies – the
This working paper by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) examines how different government subsidies to fossil fuel production unlock “zombie energy” from fossil fuel
This CESifo working paper by Ian Parry (IMF) and Herman Vollebergh (PBL) assesses options to reform the EU Energy Tax Directive (ETD). The efficiency case for raising some of the fuel tax
Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies in the EU is an important part of aligning energy prices with the EU’s climate and energy goals. However, there has recently been mixed progress
This discussion paper for Resources for the Future (RFF) examines potential environmental tax policy reforms. It focuses primarily on a carbon tax, but also briefly considers a range of other possible
Despite increasing calls for reform many countries continue to provide subsidies for gasoline and diesel. This paper quantifies the external costs of global fuel subsidies using the latest available data
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