IISD Global Subsidies Initiative

The International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) is a program designed to put the spotlight on subsidies and the corrosive effects they can have on environmental quality, economic development and governance.

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Should Governments Subsidize Hydrogen?

As countries chart paths to net-zero economies, hydrogen is in the spotlight. Here are the risks and opportunities involved in subsidizing it.

Blog

January 19, 2021

Only a far-reaching climate plan will transform the Canadian economy

As hope for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic grows, the Liberal government will increasingly turn its attention to recovery, and its promise to make climate change a central focus.

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iPolitics

December 28, 2020

Canada needs to deliver to stem climate change

With Canada warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world—and three times the global rate across Northern Canada—climate impacts will intensify and multiply.

IISD in the news

The Hill Times

December 24, 2020

Tories pursue corporate tax credits for carbon capture, well cleanup

Two Conservative MPs are sponsoring bills that would put in place new tax credits for corporations closing oil or gas wells or capturing carbon pollution.

IISD in the news

National Observer

December 23, 2020

Sustainable Development in the Year of COVID-19

The global pandemic has brought challenges the likes of which this generation has never seen. But there have also been bright spots worth celebrating.

Blog

December 22, 2020

Electricity overcharging: Cross-subsidies cost businesses Rs 75k crore in FY19

Since the National Tariff Policy 2016 prescribed the tolerable extents of cross-subsidy among various segments of electricity consumers, the market-distorting system hasn’t seen a smidgen of correction.

IISD in the news

Financial Express

December 22, 2020

Electricity subsidies increased 32% since FY 2016: Report

New Delhi: Direct tariff electricity subsidies from the state governments have increased 32 per cent since FY 2016, amounting to Rs 1,10,391 crore ($14.96 billion) in FY 2019.

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Economic Times of India

December 20, 2020

Soaring power subsidies reflect discom weakness

The precarious state of India’s power distribution companies can be seen in the sharp rise in state government subsidies to such companies over the past few years, even as sales and profitability have dipped.

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New Indian Express

December 18, 2020

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