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NZ calls for end of fossil fuel subsidies
"The group known as the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform released a communique encouraging governments to prioritise the reform of fossil-fuel subsidies ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this year. The friends, with the support of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, are encouraging other governments to endorse the statement."
The resource curse: why countries that have so much, often have so little
“Being resource rich is a challenge because there’s enormous potential for people to profit personally”, says Chris Beaton, Research and Communications Officer at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. “Political factions can grow around who-helps-who-get-rich and average citizens may not receive the full benefits of their country’s resources – or indeed, any of the benefits at all."
Governments Call for the Removal of Harmful Fossil-Fuel Subsidies
GENEVA—17 April 2015—A coalition of governments are calling for the phase-out of subsidies to fossil fuels in the lead-up to a major climate conference in Paris.
France backs fight against fossil fuel subsidies ahead of Paris climate change conference
“It’s important for France to be part of such an effort from many countries around the world to show these subsidies for fossil fuels need to go,” Laura Merrill, senior researcher with Global Subsidies Initiative in Geneva told RFI.