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Table 2: Subsidy Definitions Vary by Country, Lead to Gaps in Reporting and Reform Commitments
Table summarizing the ways G20 member countries have defined reportable subsidies to fossil fuels, and the gaps these definitions open up to missing entire classes of government support to the foss
G20 fossil fuel subsidy reform: flexible definitions make compliance easy
In advance of the G20 meeting in Los Gatos, Mexico this past June, Earth Track and Oil Change International did a detailed review of how the member countries were doing in meeting their 2009 commit
...Phasing Out Fossil-Fuel Subsidies in the G20: A Progress Update
In this, our second review of progress in meeting this phase out commitment (an earlier
Cost of Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Is High, but Cutting Them Is Tough
...Moreover, citizens and companies that rely on fossil fuels usually do not pay the full cost o ...
Australia games fossil fuel subsidy reporting to the G20
One of the striking findings in the review of subsidy repo
...Quantifying Support to Energy – Why is It Needed?
Keynote presentation at the OECD's expert workshop on estimating subsidies to fossil fuels, held in November 2010.
...The Scope of Fossil-Fuel Subsidies in 2009 and a Roadmap for Phasing out Fossil-Fuel Subsidies
This is the second detailed report on fossil fuel subsidies prepared by the assigned agencies to ...
Green view: How to save $300 billion
LAST time it met, in 2009, the G20 took a stand against a little discussed problem that unites e ...
G20 Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Phase Out: A review of current gaps and needed changes to achieve success
In its September 2009 Communiqué from Pittsburgh, the G20 nations (“Group of Twenty” nations that include the largest economies in the world) committed to “rationalize and phase out over the medi
...Analysis of the Scope of Energy Subsidies and Suggestions for the G-20 Initiative (and Related Documents)
This joint report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Leaders was issued by the IEA, OPEC, OECD and ...
