This paper by the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Internal Policies provides an overview of fossil fuel subsidies globally and in the EU. It also provides a summary of key components
This report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and partners provides an assessment of a number of novel economic instruments – ecological fiscal transfers (EFT), tax reliefs, marketed
This report from the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy analyzes the political economy of energy pricing reforms in the Middle East and North Africa since the Arab Spring. The authors investigate the conditions
India is one of the world’s largest users of kerosene, most of which is provided at highly subsidized prices. In late 2016, the Government of India announced that it would
Indonesia has subsidized fuel for decades as a means to improve energy access and share the benefits of the country’s oil wealth. However, as Indonesia’s oil reserves have diminished, and
This report by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) looks at subsidies for underground mining of hard (bituminous) coal in Poland which intended to help the industry make the transition from
In September 2013 Sudan introduced the third and most dramatic in a series of fuel subsidy cuts, raising prices of petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by 65 to
This report by the Global Subsidies Initiative examines how the Philippines has managed to reform fossil fuel subsidies, develop a national social safety net and invest in renewable energy. While
This report by Generation Foundation and Ecofys explores how carbon pricing affects global value chains across regions and sectors. It analyses GHG productivity (the ratio between the economic value created
The OECD-IEA Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels provides updated fossil fuel support data for 34 OECD member countries and six partner countries, including a number of measures applied
… for more Green Fiscal Policy news!
Economy Division, Resources and Markets Branch, 11-13, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431, USA
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 36 + 40, 53113 Bonn, Germany