Archive of non-GSI studies on subsidies

Report Provides Action Plan for Reforming Fuel Subsidies in Indonesia

24 April 2012

A new report published by the Global Subsidies Initiative provides a set of recommended actions for progressing fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia.

UNDP Reviews the State of Fossil Fuel Subsidization in the Arab World

23 April 2012

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has released a report, Energy Subsidies in the Arab World, reviewing the current state of fossil-fuel subsidies and efforts to reform them in seventeen Arab countries. It provides a useful summary of the existing research and discussion on the subject undertaken by the International Energy Agency (IEA), World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a number of regional research organizations and media.

OECD and IEA Call for Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform

3 October 2011

The OECD and IEA recommend reforming fossil-fuel subsidies to improve the economy and the environment, according to a joint press release. Governments and taxpayers spent about half a trillion dollars last year supporting the production and consumption of fossil fuels. Removing inefficient subsidies would raise national revenues and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to OECD and IEA analyses.

World Bank Report Says Fight Climate Change With Subsidy Reform

21 September 2011

A draft paper by the World Bank recommends raising money to fight climate change by reducing subsidies for fossil fuels, putting a price tag of US$ 25 per tonne on carbon emissions and collecting a surcharge on aviation and shipping fuels, reports Bloomberg and The Guardian.

GSI Reviews Subsidies to Different Energy Technologies

16 September 2011

The GSI releases two papers reviewing the literature on subsidies to different energy technologies: in a paper on electricity generation, looking at fossil fuels, renewable energy and nuclear power; and in a paper on transport fuel, looking at fossil fuels and biofuels. 

Farm subsidy data harvest 2011

21 June 2011

This May, farmsubsidy.org, a non-profit project that monitors farm subsidies in the EU, launched its newest data review of the subsidies granted under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Journalist Yuan Ying uncovers unintended impacts of Chinese solar subsidy scheme

21 June 2011

This March, investigative journalist Yuan Ying won the ‘most influential’ category at the China Environment Press Awards with an article on the failure of China’s photovoltaic (PV) subsidy program ‘Golden Sun’. The award was organized by UK newspaper the Guardian, www.chinadialogue.net, a bilingual website on environmental issues in China, and Sina, a leading Chinese web portal.

Nuffield Council of Bioethics publishes report on the ethics of biofuels

21 June 2011

In mid-April, the Nuffield Council of Bioethics, an independent body that examines ethical issues in biology and medicine, launched the report Biofuels: ethical issues.

Union of Concerned Scientists release Earth Track study, Nuclear Power: Still Not Viable Without Subsidies

12 April 2011

In February 2011, just weeks before the beginning of Japan’s ongoing nuclear crisis, American-based research group The Union of Concerned Scientist (UCS) released Nuclear Power: Still Not Viable Without Subsidies, a report on subsidies to nuclear power in United States, prepared by Doug Koplow, founder of subsidy consultancy Earth Track.

GIZ fact sheets on fuel-price developments in the Arab world

12 April 2011

This April, German development agency the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) is due to publish a series of International Fuel Prices Observatory factsheets, focused on fuel price changes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC).

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