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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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Background Note on Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform

As fossil fuel subsidies are expected to swell following rapidly rising energy prices, IISD offers a background note on the rationale and international initiatives for reforming fossil fuel subsidies.

Brief

August 29, 2022

Leading Thinktanks Release Study Entitled Mapping India's Energy Policy 2022

Council On Energy, Environment & Water (CEEW) and International Institute for Sustainable Development's (IISD) Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) have published a research report titled Mapping India’s Energy Policy 2022. The public resources that support the use of fossil fuels, renewable energy sources, and electric vehicles are updated in the study.

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SaurEnergy International

August 22, 2022

Switching Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Indonesia to Support a Green Recovery

This brief looks at how Indonesia can start actively promoting renewable energy by removing the existing hurdles to its deployment—such as unattractive renewable energy feed-in tariffs and land and infrastructures barriers—and switching public support from fossil fuels to renewables to meet the country’s clean energy targets.

Brief

July 20, 2022

Six Fossil Fuel-Dependent Economies Could Face a USD 278 Billion Revenue Gap by 2030

As the global clean energy transition gathers pace, six emerging economies need to start adjusting their fiscal policies now to account for declining fossil fuel use—or risk a USD 278 billion gap in revenues by 2030, according to a new report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

Press release

July 7, 2022

Boom and Bust: The fiscal implications of fossil fuel phase-out in six large emerging economies

Emerging economies need to plan for major reductions in fossil fuel revenues during the clean energy transition and find new sources of income.

Report

July 7, 2022

Indonesia's fiscal support for fossil fuels too large: IISD

The Indonesian government's fiscal support for fossil fuels is still too large, so it has the potential to slow down the energy transition and drain the public budget, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

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ANTARA

June 23, 2022

India must colour coal cash green for mining hubs to survive

Every year in October, cash registers ring in shops dotting east India's mining hubs during the Hindu festival season of Dussehra, when the country's biggest coal company, Coal India Ltd., hands its workers a bonus.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

June 23, 2022

Indonesia’s Energy Support Measures Hit IDR 279 Trillion in FY 2020 Disproportionately Benefitting Fossil Fuels

Energy support measures in Indonesia hit IDR 279 trillion in FY 2020, of which a staggering 88% was allocated to fossil fuels, according to a new report from IISD.

Press release

June 22, 2022

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