Fossil Fuel Subsidies & Sustainable Development

A new report from IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI), entitled Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, suggests that the reform of fossil fuel subsidies should focus assistance towards women in poverty.

This report examines the performance of the electricity sector in Rajasthan, assessing its ability to recover operating costs, reliably meet demand, make investments and operate according to environmental and social norms.

G20 Energy Ministers meet on the 29th of June in Beijing to discuss the major energy policy challenges facing the group. A key area of discussion is fossil fuel subsidy reform.

On Tuesday, 24 May 2016, the event “Financing Adaptation and Resilience Through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Fuel Duty” took place in Bonn, Germany.

This study examines the role that policy crediting might play in increasing the mitigation impact of energy pricing reform and carbon pricing policies (pricing reform).

This paper reviews international models of fossil-fuel subsidy reform and greenhouse gas emissions to support parties to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change.

This report tracks the most recent national policies on energy subsidies and analyses the government’s subsidy expenditure on different fuels – kerosene, diesel and LPG.

In New York this weekend (25–27 September) over 100 heads of state and government attended the UN Sustainable Development Summit to adopt the "Sustainable Development Goals" (SDGs) – the development agenda for the world for the next fifteen years. The goals cover 17 areas including their "Means of Implementation", which is how these goals will be funded.