Spain
Country indicators
Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions):
Fossil fuel subsidies with externalities (% of GDP):
News
Denmark, Costa Rica seek alliance to speed up the end of oil and gas
Denmark and Costa Rica are trying to forge an alliance of countries willing to fix a date to phase out oil and gas production and to stop giving permits for new exploration, government ministers said and documents showed.
Spain’s green recovery plan among EU’s best, experts say
The contribution of Spain’s recovery, transformation and resilience plan to the green transition is among the best in the EU, according to a report international climate experts highlighting the lack
July moment of truth for WTO fishery subsidy talks
The head of the World Trade Organisation is hoping to present a final text of a deal on ending harmful fishery subsidies to a virtual meeting of trade ministers in
Reports
Mejor sin diésel (Ecologistas en Accion)
This report Mejor sin diésel (Better without diesel) by Ecologistas en Accion studies data on environmental taxes in Spain, compares Spanish taxation of vehicles to other European countries and provides proposals on
At the Crossroads: Balancing the financial and social costs of coal transition in China (GSI)
This report by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) examines the current status of the coal transition in Shanxi and proposes how reform can be managed to ensure that economic, social
Cutting Europe’s lifelines to coal – Tracking subsidies in 10 countries (ODI)
This report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) reviews subsidies to coal in 10 countries that produce 84% of Europe’s energy-related greenhouse gas emissions: France, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece,
Policy Briefs
Environmental taxes and green technology adoption: evidence from Spain
How to design environmental taxes such as to reduce levels of contamination? What is the level of environmental taxation that encourages industry to adopt green technologies? How to combine environmental taxation with subsidies?
Environmental Fiscal Reform in Spain (GBE)
This briefing by Green Budget Europe (GBE), in collaboration with Climate Strategy & Partners in Madrid, sets out the potential benefits in terms of fiscal consolidation and environmental protection of Environmental