Days before representatives of the G20 meet in Japan, a new report has been published by the Overseas Development Institute, or ODI, which reveals these nations are spending at least $63.9 billion on coal annually.
A report by the European Commission says that fossil fuel subsidies in the EU today are the same as they were in 2008. The UK leads all other nations in subsidies, it says.
As poor countries are likely to be the ones most negatively affected by possible efforts to geoengineer as a means of mitigating the worst effects of anthropogenic climate change, they should have a say in global discussions on the matter, according to a new report from London-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
European governments and the European Union itself are together handing out more than €112 billion a year in fossil fuel subsidies, with almost all of it going towards the transport sector, according to a new report published this week.
The UK Government spent more than double in supporting fossil fuels in developing countries than it did supporting renewable energy in developing countries, according to a new report conducted by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development and the Overseas Development Institute.
Three major insurers with more than $1.2 trillion in assets under management have urged G20 governments to commit to phasing … [continued]
A new report has concluded that members of the G20 are providing $452 billion per year on fossil fuel production … [continued]
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