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Our experts offer practical guidance to help authorities choose the right system of electricity generation and reduce consumption of fossil-based transport fuels, and to implement international climate change commitments.
We work side-by-side with local partners for less costly, more equitable energy systems. Aware of international policy developments, we identify wasteful practices, encourage new thinking, engage civil society and support policy reform.
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Policy Brief
Policy Brief
G7 Fossil Fuel Subsidy Scorecard: Tracking the phase-out of fiscal support and public finance for oil, gas and coal
While progress is being made to transition away from fossil fuels, this analysis shows that G7 governments continue to provide at least USD 100 billion in subsidies and public finance to the production and use of coal, oil and gas that may hinder or delay these shifts.
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Report
Report
The Health Cost of Coal in Indonesia
This paper looks at the health impacts of coal, including related non-communicable diseases and their costs to Indonesians, suggesting several ways the country could reduce coal's negative impacts.
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Report
Report
The End of Coal: Alberta's coal phase-out
Alberta implements one of the most ambitious coal phase-outs the world over. What are the politics and economics behind it? Learn more from our new report.
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Blog
Blog
Carbon Pricing: Busting four major myths
We break down four common myths about renewable energy and carbon pricing. Feel free to use these facts next time someone tells you that coal is the future or that carbon pricing is just a hoax invented to increase your taxes.
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Report
Report
Les subventions du gouvernement à la consommation et au développement d'hydrocarbures au Québec
De 2011-12 à 2016-17, le gouvernement du Québec a ainsi versé en moyenne 300 millions de dollars par année en allègement à la taxe sur les carburants, des mesures qui vont à l’encontre d’une diminution de la consommation d’hydrocarbures.
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Report
Report
Missing the 23 Per Cent Target: Roadblocks to the development of renewable energy in Indonesia
This report seeks to answer the question of why renewable energy deployment, particularly wind and solar, has not taken off in Indonesia. To understand the forces shaping the sector, and what can be done to remedy the situation, IISD conducted interviews with politicians, civil servants, industry representatives, renewable energy developers, civil society organizations, international donors and other stakeholders. A total of 26 interviews took place, revealing the roots of the problem, the broader political economy of the energy sector and some possible ways forward.
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Report
Report
Electricity Sector Reform in Uttar Pradesh: Analysis of tariff adjustments and the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana Plan (UDAY)
This study by IISD-Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) examines the electricity sector of the state of Uttar Pradesh by analyzing tariff adjustments and the financial assistance scheme UDAY.
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Blog
Blog
Better Datasets Urgently Needed To Understand Full Scale of Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Nature magazine recently released a letter detailing how fossil fuel subsidies reform could deliver carbon emission reductions of between 1 and 4 per cent globally by 2030. This is what we think...
Our experts
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Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate -
Christopher Beaton
Lead, Sustainable Energy Consumption -
Christophe Bellmann
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Charly Blais
Communications Assistant, Energy -
Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Renewable Energy -
Vanessa Corkal
Policy Analyst, Energy -
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate -
Vibhuti Garg
Associate and Senior Energy Specialist -
Philip Gass
Lead, Transitions -
Anna Geddes
Associate, Energy Program -
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Lead, Sustainable Energy Supplies -
Tristan Irschlinger
Policy Advisor, Fisheries Subsidies -
Avet Khachatryan
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Tara Laan
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Lucky Lontoh
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Tom Moerenhout
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Mostafa Mostafa
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Deborah Murphy
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Yuliia Oharenko
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Louie Porta
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Paulina Resich
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Joachim Roth
Associate, Energy Program -
Lourdes Sanchez
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Indonesia -
Myriam Schmid
Senior Operations Manager, Energy -
Shruti Sharma
Associate and Energy Specialist -
Ronald Steenblik
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Seton Stiebert
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Anissa Suharsono
Associate, Energy Program -
Alice Tipping
Lead, Fisheries Subsidies -
Vasileia Tsiatoura
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Balasubramanian Viswanathan
Associate, Energy Program -
Peter Wooders
Senior Director, Energy