Fossil-Fuel Subsidies: Problems, Opportunities and Making Reform Work Sustainably
This animated video, produced in cooperation between the Global Subsidies Initiative and the World Bank Institute's Climate Change Unit provides a beginner's introduction to fossil-fuel subsidy reform:
- Why are fuel subsidies a problem?
- What could be gained from a reform?
- If reform is such a good idea, why haven't most countries done it already? How can we overcome the obstacles to policy change?
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