Announcements
Announcements
This article in Nature explains how subsidies affect fossil fuel investment and why they deserve greater attention in global modelling analyses.
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This article responds to a 2018 study in Nature that used the results of integrated assessment models to infer that eliminating subsidies would yield “limited emission reductions…except in energy-exporting regions”, and described the emission reduction benefits as “small”.
This characterization is potentially misleading, and this article uses a simple, sector-specific model to show how the emission reductions from producer subsidy reform could be more material than the 2018 study suggests. Fossil fuel producer subsidies delay a low-carbon transition in ways both material and political, and they deserve greater attention and transparency in global modelling analyses, as well as in policy-making.
Initiative / This SEI initiative creates a platform for high-quality, timely and policy-relevant research and communications on various facets of fossil fuel development.
Journal article / This article discusses the possible role of the UNFCCC in tackling fossil fuel subsidies.
Feature / A new Nature article lays out the economic, political and symbolic effects of subsidies – and why their removal is important to a low-carbon transition.
Journal article / This article identifies challenges of and avenues for reform of international trade policy to enable countries to better address fossil fuel subsidies.
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