Fossil fuel subsidies strain public budgets, and contribute to climate change and local air pollution. This book sheds light on on the persistence of fossil fuel subsidies by exploring the politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform. Bringing together scholars and practitioners, the book offers new case studies from countries that have undertaken subsidy reform, or have yet to do so. The book further explores conceptual aspects of fossil fuel subsidies and the activities of various intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations in promoting fossil fuel subsidy reform on the international level.
Learn more on cambridge.org
New book on fossil fuel subsidies
Jakob Skovgaard co-edited and contributed to the book "The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and their Reform” (Cambridge University Press). The book offers a range of insights into why fossil fuel subsidies continue to persist despite agreement among experts about the benefits of reform, repeated international commitments to eliminate them, and valiant efforts by some countries to reform them.