Reports: Canada's Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies in 2020
Federal fossil fuel subsidies in Canada reached at least CAD 600 million in 2019, but more transparency is needed from government to understand the full picture.
Consumer Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Consumer subsidies are often applied in order to reduce the price of energy to consumers mainly through government controls on the cost of fossil fuels or power.
Reports: India's Energy Transition: Subsidies for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy, 2018 Update
December 20, 2019
Pricing drives economic decision making, and subsidies (along with taxation) are one of the key tools that governments use to influence prices, and through them investment decisions and consumer behaviour.
This update highlights the most significant developments in the dynamic domain of India’s energy subsidy policies in FY 2017 and explores the role that subsidies play with respect to four themes: energy access; th
Reports: Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform in India: Findings and recommendations
December 20, 2019
The report examines the impacts of India’s subsidies to cooking gas—and their reform—from a gender perspective.
On average, when cooking with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) rather than biomass, women saved about one hour per day due to reduced cooking and cleaning times.
The report recommends reviewing subsidy targeting policies so that more poor households benefit from ongoing LPG subsidies because its findings sho
Press Release: New report reveals BRICS governments’ revenues from fossil fuels
November 13, 2019
Geneva, November 13, 2019 – As the BRICS leaders’ summit starts in Brazil, a new report is the first of its kind to bring together data on both revenues and subsidies related to fossil fuels in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Beyond Fossil Fuels: Fiscal Transition in BRICS, from the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Leave it in the
What We Can Measure, We Can Manage: Methodology for global fossil fuel subsidy reporting launched
May 28, 2019
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A new report provides the first internationally agreed-upon methodology that will help UN countries increase transparency on fossil fuel subsidies.
Feeling Insecure? Walking the tightrope of India’s LPG subsidies, energy access and energy security
August 30, 2018
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In 2015, nearly 780 million people, or more than 60 per cent of the Indian population, did not have access to clean cooking. Like many countries, the Government of India has attempted to address this by subsidizing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Reports: Inventory of Energy Subsidies in the EU's Eastern Partnership Countries
July 9, 2018
This publication aims to provide the first comprehensive and consistent record of energy subsidies in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region, with a view to improving transparency and establishing a solid analytical basis that can help build the case for further reforms in these countries (this study covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine).