Sentences with phrase «ending subsidies for the fossil fuel»

These include ending subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, boosting energy efficiency, advancing renewable sources like wind and solar power and moving away from the idea that «drill baby, drill» is a solution.

Of course an obvious first step would be to end subsidies for fossil fuel consumption, but I think that would require us to discuss politics...

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«His weak green light to renewable fuels, refusal to cut fossil fuel subsidies and his call for further imports, completely undermines last year's recognition of the need to end the nation's oil addiction,» she said.

Ending fossil fuel subsidies would free up scarce public money for priorities like education, healthcare, and clean energy.

You can advocate for a cleaner electricity grid, responsible natural gas production, and an end to fossil fuel subsidies by supporting leading nonprofit groups like 350.org.

Energy for all is linked to ending harmful subsidies on fossil fuels and unsustainable agriculture.

heck you cant even get agreement on what consititutes a subsidy for the fossil fuel industry or how to end them.

«Campaigners call for an end to fossil fuel finance and subsidies to avoid dangerous global warming at a meeting to mark two years since the signing of the landmark agreement.»

The level of denial exhibited in this report is extremely damaging to the efforts of fossil fuel subsidy reform, especially since the German government had been so vocal in advocating for effective carbon pricing and ending subsidies.

Sanders, with representative Keith Ellison, recently proposed an End Polluter Welfare Act, which they say would cut $ 135bn of US subsidies for fossil fuel companies over the next decade.

Major global insurance companies are urging G20 leaders to commit to a specific timeline for rapidly phasing out fossil fuel subsidies — something they've repeatedly failed to do over the years despite numerous promises to end support for the industry.

These measures include levying a price on carbon emissions, eliminating tax subsidies for fossil fuels and ending implicit subsidies, such as leasing federal lands that contain coal or oil at rates below the fair market rate.

Not sure this has or ever will translate into a vote for carbon pricing or support for stronger national or international emissions targets or even clear support for renewables and an end to subsidies for fossil fuel miners and big users.

Markus Trilling, finance and subsidies policy coordinator at Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, said: «The current approach of the European Parliament to the future EU budget is clearly pointed in the right direction as it recognises how vital it is to make all EU spending work for the climate and to end any support for fossil fuels.»

Ironic, too, that the head of the OECD has made passionate pleas for the world to end fossil fuel subsidies, while deals are cut within the OECD to ensure these subsidies continue.

On the morning of 12 December 2017, an artistic mobilization will take place in Paris to send the message that Climate Finance means ending subsidies and investments for fossil fuels.

Yet, what 350.org most wanted from that conference, an end to fossil fuel subsidies, is now being called for by influential candidates from both big political parties in the US.

Some would like to see these subsidies end, but I'd say that fossil fuel subsidies should be cut first; that would save more money, and be fairer since they've been around for decades while renewable energy is still a relatively small industry.

The women - led network hopes to bring awareness to the threat climate change poses to reproductive justice, and to end U.S. subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.

Estimates suggest that, globally, this approach to funding could amount to $ 1.9 trillion from ending fossil fuel subsidies, $ 485 billion annually from eliminating agricultural subsidies, and $ 27 billion from ending subsidies for marine trawling.

As pressure mounts globally for countries to end fossil fuel subsidies, a reliable assessment of the potential impacts on investment and industry finances will be crucial to guide policy.

Introduces an ambitious timeline and strategy to end all subsidies to fossil fuel companies and invests in a just transition to a clean energy economy for affected workers and communities.