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Opaque fossil fuel subsidies put South Africa near the bottom of the G20 list
Donna Slater South Africa emerged as the second worst performer of the G20 non-Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (non-OECD) member countries, according to a

Gas subsidies included in EU Recovery Fund
Fossil gas will fall into the scope of the €672.5 billion EU recovery fund and “contradicts the Parliament’s multiple earlier commitments” to end fossil fuel

Why Sustainable Food Systems are Needed in a post-COVID World (IMF)
By Nicoletta Batini, James Lomax, and Divya Mehra Food systems are essential to economic activity because they provide the energy that we need to live and work. However,
Reports
Tackling Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Change: Levelling the energy playing field (IISD and the Nordic Council of Ministers)
This report by IISD and the Nordic Council of Ministers modeled the impact of removing fossil fuel subsidies in 20 countries between 2015 and 2020. The
International Fuel Prices 2014 (GIZ)
The 2014 International Fuel Prices Data Preview report provides an overview of the retail prices of gasoline and diesel in over 170 countries based on