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Collaborations with GSI

News: Experts on Health, Gender, and Communities Echo the Need for People-Centred Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform

October 5, 2021 | Anne Andersen

In September 2021, health, gender, and just transition experts discussed fossil fuel subsidy reform at an IISD webinar supported by the IEA and the Government of Denmark.

Webinar | Supporting Clean Energy Transitions Through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform

Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - 07:00 - Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - 09:00 |

This online event will outline the practical ways in which fossil fuel subsidy reform can contribute to clean energy transitions.

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Blog: Energy Efficiency and Subsidy Reform: A virtuous circle

June 5, 2019 | Peter Wooders

Energy challenges are similar across the world. Fortunately, so are the solutions. In many cases, subsidy reform and energy efficiency are closely linked and mutually supportive.

A Crash Course on Subsidy Definition by Dante, Shakespeare and Russian Folklore

October 22, 2014 | Ivetta Gerasimchuk

Do you know what a subsidy is and what is not? If your answer is a definite “yes”, you are either new to the field or recklessly optimistic. The devil, as always, is in the detail.

Commentary: G-20 leaders announce fossil-fuel subsidy phase-out, though details lacking

October 7, 2009

The world’s largest economies have agreed to end fossil-fuel subsidies, according to a statement made at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh on 25th September 2009.