Government spending and other forms of actual support to renewable energy is a blind spot at the international level. To help address the knowledge gap, IISD developed an inventory of public financial support for renewable energy generation and integration by G20 governments. It shows that G20 governments provided over $168 billion in public financial support […]
Despite strong calls for energy subsidy reforms, governments around the world still spend billions subsidising fossil fuel consumption each year. This report investigates how reforms can be designed that work in practice, drawing on over a decade of World Bank experience supporting these processes.
A course on energy subsidies, their costs, and the design of a successful reform based on country case studies.
This is an online repository of best practice case studies from around the world on people-centred and inclusive clean energy programmes and policies, that promote decent jobs and worker protection, social and economic development, and equality, social inclusion and fairness, while engaging people as active participants.