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Energy Subsidies – Moving ahead on reform 2 October 2013

The Global Subsidies Initiative supports energy subsidy reform to promote sustainable development. Explore examples, partnerships, and strategies for influencing national and international policy makers.

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Energy Subsidies – Moving ahead on reform 2 October 2013

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  1. Energy Subsidies – Moving ahead on reform 2 October 2013 Peter Wooders, Senior Economist, IISD & Programme Leader, Global Subsidies Initiative

  2. What we do • Support reform of energy subsidies….. • ….which act against sustainable development • By being a trusted partner and expert advisor….. • …..ideally to governments • Propose sustainable alternatives (renewables, green economy, energy intensive industry & CC)

  3. Recent work examples

  4. Subsidies that undermine sustainable development

  5. International attention continues to increase

  6. GSI Country Work-plans

  7. Examples of partnerships in Indonesia

  8. Public Dialogue: University of GadjahMada

  9. The IISD Global Subsidies Initiative Building support • Organize internally • Gather information and understand perceptions • Raise awareness and change attitudes

  10. Fossil-Fuel Subsidies: International • GSI’s objectives and role: • Support government forums to address FFS reform • GSI officially engaged by Friends group to provide support • Input to G20 and APEC processes • Identify opportunities in UNFCCC and other forums • Facilitate civil society dialogue and cooperation • Co-chair of Civil-20 Energy & Environment Group • Opportunities: role for IISD as “thought leader” to give vision, strategy and better coordinate CSO strategies and actions • Note: others increasingly moving into the field including IOs and international civil society groups – need to partner effectively

  11. Options for a G20 peer review on FFSR: Review teams • Host country should select review team (or joint selection) • G20 members only • G20 members + 3rd parties: • Other countries: APEC or “Friends” members • Experts: OECD, IEA, GSI or independent • Countries with similar circumstances (e.g. energy exporters) could review each other

  12. FFS: Producers – Ministries typically split on reform • GSI unique role: • The detail of GSI investigations is unsurpassed: bottom-up inventories for Canada, Indonesia, Russia and Norway • Nobody except GSI has even tried to quantify producer subsidies in developing countries. This year: improving methodology and applying it now at project level (case studies) • Forthcoming: • Developing the Arctic dimension of producer subsidies work, especially given Canada’s presidency of the Arctic Council in 2013–2015 • Further work in Canada

  13. Moving ahead - Supporting national reform • Good research in not enough to achieve influence; need to invest in communications and good partnerships to address the politics of reform • It takes time to build trust and credibility with government and CSOs • Think of reform as a process that rarely (and usually shouldn’t) happen over-night; therefore, need a longer term perspective

  14. Thank you! www.iisd.org/gsi

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