GLOBAL SUBSIDIES INITIATIVE
GSI outreach: shaping the agenda for reform
The GSI is committed to ongoing outreach to policy-makers and the global media, communicating our knowledge of fossil-fuel subsidies and best practice for successful reform.
On 25 September 2009, the Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G-20) met in Pittsburgh, PA, and agreed to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies. The Global Subsidies Initiative is committed to ensuring that this process be as fair and transparent as possible, taking into account producer as well as consumer subsidies and implementing measures to secure the welfare of the poor.
We will also be promoting the importance of global fossil-fuel subsidy reform at the Copenhagen climate change negotiations.
-
GSI policy brief: Building fossil-fuel subsidy reform: have we got all the blocks?
Over the last three months of 2009, calls for the phasing out of fossil-fuel subsidies by the G-20 and others have garnered widespread support. Now policy-makers face the challenge: how should a political call for reform be transformed into coherent action?
This policy brief outlines the building blocks needed to implement a multilateral programme to reform fossil-fuel subsidies on a global scale.
-
GSI policy brief - Car-scrapping schemes: an effective economic rescue policy?
Download:
Car-scrapping schemes: an effective economic rescue policy?Financial and economic turmoil and a global recession were common concerns in the aftermath of America's mortgage crisis. Following the German example, a large number of countries introduced "car-scrapping" schemes as part of their economic stimulus packages - policies which gave vehicle owners state money to trade in their old vehicles for new, more efficient ones.
-
GSI in the news: Senior Economist Peter Wooders talks about fossil-fuel subsidies with Radio Australia's Pacific Beat
On Tuesday 10 November, GSI's Senior Economist Peter Wooders was interviewed about fossil-fuel subsidies by Geraldine Coutts on Radio Australia's Pacific Beat.
In this five minute interview, he discusses the global price tag on fossil-fuel subsidies, how this money could be better spent and the barriers these subsidies pose to investment in renewable energy technologies. He also outlines the role to be played by the G-20 and how they can be pressured to deliver on their promise for fossil-fuel subsidy reform, as called upon by the Green Economy Coalition.
-
Green Economy Coalition calls on G-20 Finance Ministers for fast and fair implementation of fossil-fuel subsidy phase-out
Download:
Press Release: G-20 wastes hundreds of billions on perverse fossil-fuel subsidies, says global coalition
Letter from the Green Economy Coalition to G-20 Ministers of Finance -
GSI policy brief: achieving the G-20 call to phase out subsidies to fossil fuels
www.globalsubsidies.org
- Email:
- info [at] globalsubsidies [dot] org
- Tel:
- +41 22 917 88 48
- Fax:
- +41 22 917 80 54
9, Chemin de Balexert, office 5-53
1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
Switzerland
website by EthicalStudios.com