The politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform

Fossil fuel subsidies strain public budgets, and contribute to climate change and local air pollution. Despite widespread agreement among experts about the benefits of reforming fossil fuel subsidies, repeated international commitments to eliminate them, and valiant efforts by some countries to refo...

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Other Authors: Skovgaard-Petersen, Jakob, editor (editor), Asselt, Harro van (Harro Dirk), 1979- editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2018.
Edition:Online edition
Series:Physical Sciences
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Summary:Fossil fuel subsidies strain public budgets, and contribute to climate change and local air pollution. Despite widespread agreement among experts about the benefits of reforming fossil fuel subsidies, repeated international commitments to eliminate them, and valiant efforts by some countries to reform them, they continue to persist. This book helps explain this conundrum, by exploring the politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform. Bringing together scholars and practitioners, the book offers new case studies both from countries that have undertaken subsidy reform, and those that have yet to do so. It explores the roles of various intergovernmental and non-governmental institutions in promoting fossil fuel subsidy reform at the international level, as well as conceptual aspects of fossil fuel subsidies. This is essential reading for researchers and practitioners, and students of political science, international relations, law, public policy, and environmental studies. This title is also available as Open Access.
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Open Access title.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Also available in print form
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108266079
9781108271530
9781108241946