Blog: 53 Ways to Reform Fossil Fuel Consumer Subsidies and Pricing
August 19, 2020
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We have an opportunity to reform harmful fossil fuel subsidies as part of a green recovery after COVID-19. Our experts explain how.
Consumer Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Consumer subsidies are often applied in order to reduce the price of energy to consumers mainly through government controls on the cost of fossil fuels or power.
Press Release: Subsidies to renewables drop 35% as oil and gas subsidies go up 65%, next months to define future trends in India’s energy sector — report
April 15, 2020
New Delhi, April 16 – India’s renewable energy subsidies fell 35% from FY17 to FY19, while its oil and gas subsidies increased by 65%, according to a new study entitled Mapping India’s Energy Subsidies 2020, released today by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).
Reports: Canada's Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies in 2020
February 20, 2020
Federal fossil fuel subsidies in Canada reached at least CAD 600 million in 2019, but more transparency is needed from government to understand the full picture.
Reports: India's Energy Transition: Subsidies for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy, 2018 Update
December 20, 2019
Pricing drives economic decision making, and subsidies (along with taxation) are one of the key tools that governments use to influence prices, and through them investment decisions and consumer behaviour.
This update highlights the most significant developments in the dynamic domain of India’s energy subsidy policies in FY 2017 and explores the role that subsidies play with respect to four themes: energy access; th
Reports: Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform in India: Findings and recommendations
December 20, 2019
The report examines the impacts of India’s subsidies to cooking gas—and their reform—from a gender perspective.
On average, when cooking with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) rather than biomass, women saved about one hour per day due to reduced cooking and cleaning times.
The report recommends reviewing subsidy targeting policies so that more poor households benefit from ongoing LPG subsidies because its findings sho
Reports: Beyond Fossil Fuels: Fiscal transition in BRICS
November 13, 2019
Press Release: New report reveals BRICS governments’ revenues from fossil fuels
November 13, 2019
Geneva, November 13, 2019 – As the BRICS leaders’ summit starts in Brazil, a new report is the first of its kind to bring together data on both revenues and subsidies related to fossil fuels in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Beyond Fossil Fuels: Fiscal Transition in BRICS, from the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Leave it in the
Blog: What We Can Measure, We Can Manage: Methodology for global fossil fuel subsidy reporting launched
May 28, 2019
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A new report provides the first internationally agreed-upon methodology that will help UN countries increase transparency on fossil fuel subsidies.