Uitfaseerplan fossiele brandstofsubsidies

The 'Uitfaseerplan fossiele brandstofsubsidies' is a report by the Dutch Ministry of Climate and Green Growth (published via IISD) detailing the Netherlands' strategy to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. The plan emphasizes a 'Whole of Government Approach' and focuses on international and European cooperation to prevent carbon leakage and maintain a level playing field. It outlines specific national measures, including the use of an 'external costs approach' to identify pricing gaps, and provides a detailed inventory of existing subsidies, categorizing them by their phase-out status and legal constraints.

• The Netherlands employs two distinct methods to identify fossil fuel subsidies in its annual 'Miljoenennota': the 'external costs approach' and the 'inventory approach'. The external costs approach compares the actual implicit and explicit CO2 pricing against the quantified external costs of climate damage, identifying a 'pricing gap' (beprijzingstekort) which is treated as a fossil subsidy. For 2024, this pricing gap was calculated at 18.0 billion euros, using a reference price of 174 euro/ton CO2.
• To drive international action, the Netherlands founded the 'Coalition on Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Incentives Including Subsidies' (COFFIS) in 2023. As of the report date, COFFIS consists of 17 member countries committed to publishing national inventories and phase-out plans. The coalition focuses on three pillars: transparency through annual or biennial inventories, addressing international barriers (particularly in aviation and shipping), and establishing an international dialogue to share lessons and timelines.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2025). Uitfaseerplan fossiele brandstofsubsidies. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2025-11/uitfaseerplan-fossiele-subsidies-nl-2025.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Uitfaseerplan fossiele brandstofsubsidies. 2025. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2025-11/uitfaseerplan-fossiele-subsidies-nl-2025.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2025uitfaseerplan, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Uitfaseerplan fossiele brandstofsubsidies}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2025-11/uitfaseerplan-fossiele-subsidies-nl-2025.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }