Type
General Knowledge
Author
Organization
Global Subsidies Initiative
Published in
2009
Submitted by
Susanna Zammataro
Related theme(s)
Environment & Climate Change
Region
All Regions
Country
International
Achieving the G-20 Call to Phase Out Subsidies to Fossil Fuels
One might expect governments would leap at any opportunity to save themselves money while also reducing carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions. Yet progress on phasing out fossil-fuel subsidies has been painfully slow. The recent announcement by the Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G-20), (who met 24-25 September,
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