{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["G20"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'G20' for facet 'geography' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":43,"relation":"eq"},"page":3,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=G20&page=3","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"iisd-003764","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-003764","title":"Zombie Energy: Climate benefits of ending subsidies to fossil fuel production","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2017-02","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/zombie-energy-climate-benefits-ending-subsidies-fossil-fuel-production.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report argues that fossil fuel production subsidies create \"zombie energy\"—reserves that are only viable due to government support—and contribute to carbon lock-in. Using the GSI-IF(p) model and G20 data as a proxy, the authors estimate that a global removal of these subsidies could reduce GHG emissions by 37 to 175 Gt of CO2 between 2017 and 2050, depending on market price assumptions. It further finds that 120–138 Gt of CO2 equivalent in reserves would become uneconomical to produce, representing 13–15% of existing and under-construction reserves as of 2015. 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Based on the time value of money, a dollar of capex subsidy is 2.5 to 3 times more valuable to investment decision makers than a dollar of opex or consumption subsidy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003764#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Under the IEA Current Policies scenario, a global removal of fossil fuel production subsidies is estimated to reduce GHG emissions by up to 37 Gt of CO2 equivalent between 2017 and 2050. This is approximately 1.1 Gt of CO2 per year, which is roughly equivalent to eliminating all emissions from the aviation sector.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003764#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"If fossil fuel prices were to remain constant at 2015\u00132016 levels (approximately USD 50 per barrel for oil), the aggregate CO2 emissions reduction from removing production subsidies could increase to 175 Gt over 2017\u00132050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003764#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The removal of production subsidies would render 120\u0013138 Gt of CO2 equivalent of fossil fuel reserves uneconomical to produce between 2017 and 2050, which is 13\u001315% of all reserves in existing and under-construction fields and mines as of 2015.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003764#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The impact of subsidy removal on reserves varies by fuel: oil reserves affected are estimated between 105 and 150 billion barrels, natural gas between 325 and 550 trillion cubic feet, and coal between 11 and 21 trillion metric tonnes (depending on the cost curve used).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003764#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Production subsidies act as a negative carbon price, artificially lowering production costs and market prices, which encourages higher fossil fuel consumption and undermines the competitiveness of renewable energy and energy efficiency.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003764#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"G20 countries provided an average of USD 70 billion per year in direct spending and tax breaks for fossil fuel production in 2013 and 2014, with oil receiving the largest share at USD 32 billion.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003764#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["greenhouse gas emissions","Carbon lock-in","energy transition","carbon price"],"geography_discussed":["G20","United States","Russia","People's Republic of China","Australia","Canada"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["quantitative modelling","qualitative analysis","policy assessment"]},{"id":"wri-000676","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wri-000676","title":"Accelerating Paris-Aligned Financial Flows: A Typology for Facilitating a Paris-Aligned COVID-19 Recovery","publisher":{"name":"World Resources Institute","organization":"world-resources-institute"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://www.wri.org/research/accelerating-paris-aligned-financial-flows-typology-facilitating-paris-aligned-covid-19","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document evaluates the COVID-19 recovery packages of G20 nations, finding a prevalence of business-as-usual (BAU) investments that risk undermining Paris Agreement goals. 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