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COP 26 Side Event | How Can Public Money Contribute to a Clean Transition?

Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 01:30 - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 15:00 |

A COP 26 European Union Side Event, this virtual session hosts three panels on how governments can contribute to the clean transition.

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Talking Energy Subsidy Reform in the Ukrainian Parliament

April 26, 2016 | Iuliia Ogarenko

The roundtable on the theme of “Energy subsidies in Ukraine and progress of reform” was jointly held by the Committee on Fuel and the Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety of the Parliament of Ukraine and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Kyiv on April 25, 2016. This was the second in the series of events linked to the OECD-led project “Inventory of Energy Subsidies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries", supported by the IISD Global Subsidies Initiative (IISD-GSI) and consultants in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine. A draft report on "Energy subsidies in Ukraine" (available in English and Ukranian) was prepared by IISD-GSI to inform the discussion.

News: OECD Secretary General Puts Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform on "Action Agenda" for Climate Change

October 14, 2013

LONDON—9 October—At a lecture organized with the London School of Economics, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría announced that fossil-fuel subsidy reform is one of the four key actions required to tackle climate change.

Studies: OECD chastises Canada over farming policy

June 24, 2008

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) criticizes a number of Canadian subsidy programmes, but particularly its support to farmers, in a new economic survey. In the last six years Canada has backtracked from earlier moves toward liberalizing its agricultural sector, to the detriment of most Canadian farmers, according to the OECD.

Studies: OECD analyzes export subsidies in the services field

May 29, 2008

An OECD working paper presents an exploratory analysis of export subsidies in the services field. The report, while not generating accurate measures of the extent and effects of export subsidies for services, provides evidence that these measures are used by many countries in the developed and developing worlds to support a wide range of services sectors.

Studies: OECD report says farm subsidies drop as food prices rise

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) finds that government support to farmers dropped in 2006; although the decrease was due mainly to rising prices for agricultural commodities rather than changes to government policies.

Going to Market: Why India Needs More than OECD Subsidy Reform

June 29, 2007 | Surabhi Mittal

Wealthy countries support their farmers through a host of different measures, such as direct payments, price incentives and export subsidies, which artificially reduce world prices below the cost of production and inhibit the ability of farmers in poorer countries to compete in the world market.

Studies: OECD study tells of rising agriculture subsidies in some developing countries; overall levels remain low

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report which states that agricultural subsides are rising in certain developing countries, although overall subsidy levels remain relative low in these countries compared to wealthier OECD nations.