Building Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Have we got all the blocks?

This policy brief outlines the necessary components for implementing a multilateral, global program to reform fossil-fuel subsidies, following widespread support for phasing out such subsidies by the G-20 and other entities in late 2009.

• In the final three months of 2009, there was widespread support for the phasing out of fossil-fuel subsidies, as advocated by the G-20 and other groups, leading to a need for policy-makers to translate these political calls into coherent action.
• The document serves as an outline of the 'building blocks' required to execute a multilateral program for the reform of fossil-fuel subsidies on a global scale.
• The brief is based on research from the GSI, which is one year into a three-year work program. This research is being compiled into a volume titled 'Untold Billions: Fossil-fuel subsidies, their impacts and the path to reform', with additional support for transparency-related research provided by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

APA

Lang,, P. W. (2009). Building Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Have we got all the blocks? International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/building-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-have-we-got-all-blocks

Chicago

Lang,, Peter Wooders,Kerryn. Building Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Have we got all the blocks? International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2009. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/building-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-have-we-got-all-blocks.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lang2009building, author = {Lang,, Peter Wooders,Kerryn}, title = {{Building Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Have we got all the blocks?}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2009}, month = dec, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/building-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-have-we-got-all-blocks}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }