European Economic
and Social Committee
Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies while ensuring European competitiveness, mitigating the cost-of-living crisis, and promoting a just transition
European Commission:
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies in EU Member States – Trends and Analytical Challenges (December, 2024)
- Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council 2023 - Report on Energy Subsidies in the EU, COM(2023) 651 final
- State of the Energy Union Report 2024, COM(2024) 404 final
- Managing climate risks - protecting people and prosperity, communication, COM(2024) 91 final
European Parliament and Council:
- EU’s Eighth Environment Action Programme, Decision, April 2022
European Environmental Agency:
- Fossil fuel subsidies, analysis published 17 November 2023
Other sources:
- OECD Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels 2024, November 2024
- IMF Fossil Fuel Subsidies Data: 2023 Update, August 2023
- CAN Europe - EU fossil fuel subsidies on the rise again, June 2024; How to stop a never-ending nightmare, March 2023
- A coalition of seven NGOs – Open letter, January 2024
- Cambridge University Press: The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and their Reform, August 2018
- World Bank: Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, June 2023
- UNDP: Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Lessons and Opportunities, October 2021
A Guide to Carbon Pricing and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, October 2021 - WTO: Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Options for Inclusive Collective Action at the World Trade Organization, April 2024
- UNEP: Measuring Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Context of the SDGs, May 2019
- G7 Italia: Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Meeting Communiqué, April 2024
- IISD and GSI: Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and the Just Transition, December 2017
- OECD, IISD: Fossil Fuel Subsidy Tracker
- EESCI: Proposals to Reduce Fossil Fuel Subsidies, January 2024
- Skovgaard, J., van Asselt, H., Beaton, C. et al. Revitalizing international fossil fuel subsidy phase-out commitments through roadmaps, closing loopholes, and support. npj Climate Action 3, 68 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-024-00149-7
- Transport & Environment (T&E): Fossil fuel subsidies for company cars cost EU taxpayers €42 billion every year - new study, Press release, October 2024
- The Brussels Times: Fossil fuel subsidies: When will they be phased out in the EU?, October 2024