UK gov fossil fuel subsidies 📂 Archived Message Posted by George Brennan on November 9, 2021, 10:46 am, in reply to ""The Government" on Net Zero..." " "Some countries don’t agree that they have any subsidies to remove. The UK government, for example, says it has none, although the IISD rates it as among the worst of the OECD-member nations, calculating that it gave $16 billion a year to support fossil fuels in 2017–19, on average2. In large part, this is because the United Kingdom forgoes some tax revenue from the use of fossil fuels and directly funds its oil and gas industry. (Other analysts agree with the IISD; a 2019 European Commission report5 came to similar conclusions.) “They reject the idea that they have any inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies,” says Angela Picciariello, senior research officer in climate and sustainability at the Overseas Development Institute in London. So “it’s quite hard to engage with them on this”. (The UK government did not reply to Nature’s request for comment.) The country did announce in 2020 that it would end support for fossil-fuel energy overseas. (Other analysts agree with the IISD; a 2019 European Commission report5 came to similar conclusions.) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02847-2 Message Thread: "The Government" on Net Zero... - Ken Waldron November 8, 2021, 2:55 pm If you think these effective & want to support Juice Media... - Ken Waldron November 8, 2021, 3:01 pm Re: If you think these effective & want to support Juice Media... - Raskolnikov November 8, 2021, 3:20 pm UK gov fossil fuel subsidies - George Brennan November 9, 2021, 10:46 am « Index   Searching