With research from John Abraham indicating that from 2013 to 2015, global fossil
fuel subsidies rose from a staggering 4.9 trillion dollars to an astounding 5.3 trillion dollars.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) fossil
fuel subsidies rose by nearly $ 100 billion in the last year alone, from $ 312 billion in 2009 to $ 409 billion in 2010.
Not exact matches
An unprecedented coalition of close to 40 governments, hundreds of businesses and influential international organisations has called today for accelerated action to phase out fossil
fuel subsidies, a move that would help bridge the gap to keep global temperature
rise below 2 °C.
There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass
subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil
fuel production (and due to
rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»
Not that even overlooking the effective pollution
subsidy given to the fossil
fuel generators, the retail price of electricity would not need to
rise very greatly to change to sustainable electricity - it would go from $ 232 / MWh to $ 272 / MWh.
In 2009, President Barack Obama called on the G 20 to eliminate fossil
fuel subsidies but since then UN federal
subsidies have
risen by 45 %.
Research institute Verso Economics reveals that for every «green job» created by taxpayer
subsidy, 3.7 jobs are killed in the real economy and that, thanks to the artificial
rise in energy prices caused by renewable
subsidies, at least 50,000 people a year in Britain alone are driven into
fuel poverty.
The government's Independent Committee on Climate Change has found that green
subsidies and taxes already add # 45 to the average duel
fuel bill, but predict this to
rise to # 100 by 2020, and # 175 by 2030.
At the same the government funded
subsidies for low income earners that further
fueled the asset bubble in a self - sustaining cycle possible due to
rising house prices.
An ambitious set of policy measures, including the rapid phase out of fossil
fuel subsidies, CO2 prices
rising to unprecedented levels, extensive energy market reforms, and stringent low - carbon and energy efficiency mandates would be needed to achieve this transition.
Authoritative sources such as EarthTrack have placed the fossil
fuel industry's tax and fiscal
subsidies at around $ 25 billion a year, a figure that pales beside the roughly $ 1,000 billion (one trillion dollars) paid annually for coal, oil and natural gas burned in the U.S. Do the math: withdrawing those
subsidies would lead to at most a 2 - 3 percent
rise in the market prices of fossil
fuels — scant incentive to reduce their use and concomitant emissions of CO2.
The world's biggest and most profitable fossil
fuel companies are receiving huge and
rising subsidies from US taxpayers, a practice slammed as absurd by a presidential candidate given the threat of climate change.
The report highlights: Trends in domestic energy demand and supply prospects to 2040, broken down by
fuel and sector The outlook for the power sector and the increasing share of coal in the region's electricity generation The role that Southeast Asia will play in international energy trade and the implications for its energy expenditures The potential energy and environmental benefits of implementing pragmatic measures that would help limit the
rise in the region's greenhouse - gas emissions An in - depth analysis of energy prospects in Malaysia to 2040 A focus on four key issues that will shape the direction of the region's energy system: power grid interconnection, energy investment, energy access and fossil -
fuel subsidies
-LSB-...] In our central scenario, taking into account the impact of measures already announced by governments to improve energy efficiency, support renewables, reduce fossil -
fuel subsidies and, in some cases, to put a price on carbon, energy - related CO2 emissions still
rise by 20 % to 2035.
At a moment when we desperately need to expand climate solutions, President Trump is trying to block the
rise of clean energy to benefit fossil
fuel billionaires who are already lining their pockets with massive taxpayer
subsidies.