United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda.

Collaborations with GSI

Fisheries Subsidies: Approaches to Implementation

Friday, June 14, 2019 - 13:00 - Friday, June 14, 2019 - 15:00 |

A Lunchtime seminar, designed to provide negotiators working on the WTO fisheries subsidies agreement with expert perspectives on possible approaches to the implementation of an eventual outcome, drawing on the options for rules currently under discussion.

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What We Can Measure, We Can Manage: Methodology for global fossil fuel subsidy reporting launched

May 28, 2019 | Peter Wooders , Paulina Mlynarska

A new report provides the first internationally agreed-upon methodology that will help UN countries increase transparency on fossil fuel subsidies.

Technical Manual: Measuring Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals

May 15, 2019

This report provides methodological guidance for measuring fossil fuel subsidies in the context of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 12.c.1: “Amount of fossil fuel subsidies per unit of GDP (production and consumption)”.

COP 23: Supporting implementation of the NDCs - The role of carbon pricing and fiscal policies

Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 14:30 - Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 16:00 |

Fiscal policies such as carbon pricing and fossil fuel subsidy reform can mobilise revenues for climate finance and provide a cost-effective approach to reducing GHG emissions. The role of such instruments in supporting climate action is increasingly recognized and over 90 countries included some form of fiscal policies in their NDCs. This event examines the role of carbon pricing and fiscal policies in implementing the NDCs. It will bring together a panel of experts to discuss countries' commitments on fiscal policies in their NDCs, challenges faced and what still needs to be done to meet the Paris targets. This is an FFSR side event at COP 23.

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Commentary: Getting the message across: interviews with Curt Ellis and Anja von Moltke on communicating about subsidies

November 2, 2009

A few weeks ago, UNEP held the first screening of its new film about subsidies in the fisheries sector, Caught Out: The Way Forward for Fisheries Subsidies. Subsidy Watch took this opportunity to think about the challenge of communicating about subsidies.

Commentary: Revealing the high cost of energy subsidies: an interview with Trevor Morgan

September 1, 2008

Trevor Morgan is the principal author of the UNEP report released last month on energy subsidies and climate change, titled “Reforming Energy Subsidies: Opportunities to Contribute to the Climate Change Agenda”. He recently re-joined the International Energy Agency (IEA), having previously founded the independent energy-consulting firm, Menecon Consulting. The GSI reached Mr. Morgan at his office in Paris.