Letter from the Green Economy Coalition to G-20 Ministers of Finance

A letter from the Green Economy Coalition to G-20 Ministers of Finance urging the urgent implementation of the phase-out of fossil-fuel subsidies to combat climate change and support sustainable development.

• Fossil-fuel subsidies are described as costing hundreds of billions of dollars annually and acting as artificial barriers to sustainable development. They are characterized as a "massive diversion of public funds" that distort the perceived cost of lower-carbon energy alternatives, thereby accelerating the risk of irreversible climate change.

APA

Willums,, M. H. E. R. K. P. L. M. M.-L. M. T.-O. (2009). Letter from the Green Economy Coalition to G-20 Ministers of Finance. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/letter-green-economy-coalition-g-20-ministers-finance

Chicago

Willums,, Mark Halle,Ola Engelmark,Andreas R. Kraemer,James P. Leape,Joost Martens,Julia Marton-Lefèvre,Alastair McIntosh,Camilla Toulmin,Jan-Olaf. Letter from the Green Economy Coalition to G-20 Ministers of Finance. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2009. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/letter-green-economy-coalition-g-20-ministers-finance.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{willums2009letter, author = {Willums,, Mark Halle,Ola Engelmark,Andreas R. Kraemer,James P. Leape,Joost Martens,Julia Marton-Lefèvre,Alastair McIntosh,Camilla Toulmin,Jan-Olaf}, title = {{Letter from the Green Economy Coalition to G-20 Ministers of Finance}}, publisher = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2009}, month = nov, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/letter-green-economy-coalition-g-20-ministers-finance}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }