Recent estimates of global fossil fuel subsidies for production and consumption are staggering, putting the total near US$730 billion annually or higher. In a time of economic hardship, dangerous climate change, and growing demand for reliable and cleaner sources of energy, these fossil fuel subsidies are a reckless and irrational use of taxpayer money and government investments. This is an excerpt from: Low Hanging Fruit: Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Climate Finance, and Sustainable Development by Oil Change International for the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America with contributions from the Vasudha Foundation (India) and Greenovation (China).
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/fossil-fuel-subsidies-climate-and-unfccc
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/heinrich-boll-foundation
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unfccc
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-market
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
