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Our experts offer practical guidance to help authorities choose the right system of electricity generation and reduce consumption of fossil-based transport fuels, and to implement international climate change commitments.

We work side-by-side with local partners for less costly, more equitable energy systems. Aware of international policy developments, we identify wasteful practices, encourage new thinking, engage civil society and support policy reform.

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Report

Financial Supports for Coal and Renewables in Indonesia

This report shows that the “true cost” of coal, including subsidies and externalities such as GHG emissions and air pollution, is considerably greater than the cost of renewable energy in Indonesia.
Policy Brief

Policy Brief

How to Respond When Prices Go Up: Objectives and options for fuel price adjustments in Indonesia

There are options to strengthen the fuel pricing mechanism in Indonesia. This policy brief highlights some options, including price smoothing, ratcheting and installation of price floors and caps, closing with recommendations.
Policy Brief

Policy Brief

Building Global Governance for 'Climate Refugees'

IISD President-CEO Scott Vaughan and IISD Board Member Lloyd Axworthy, along with several representatives from various environmental NGOs, contributed to this G20 Insights policy brief on recognizing that forced displacement due to climate change is increasing.
Blog

Blog

G20 must support good jobs in the low carbon transition

Donald Trump’s unrealistic promise to put coal miners back to work shows why we need a positive strategy to create green jobs.
Report

Report

The End of Coal Mining in South Wales: Lessons learned from industrial transformation

The decline of coal mining in South Wales has important lessons for policy-makers and civil society grappling with the challenges of transition—what can be learned from this experience?
Video

Video

Scaling Up Green Energy Finance Swapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Sustainable Energy Solutions

This video by IISD Reporting Services provides an overview of the Bonn side event hosted by GSI, "Scaling Up Green Energy Finance: Swapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Sustainable Energy Solutions.". The event focused on how governments can scale up investments in green energy by “making the switch” from fossil fuel subsidies to sustainable energy subsidies.
Report

Report

Making the Switch: From fossil fuel subsidies to sustainable energy

This report estimates fossil fuel subsidies to be around USD 425 billion. Such subsidies represent large lost opportunities for governments to invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable development.
Infographic

Infographic

Mind the Gap: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Could Fill the SDG Financing Gap

Research suggests that removing all consumer fossil fuel subsidies would decrease global carbon emissions anywhere between 6–8 per cent by 2050. Swapping savings into sustainable energy would improve emissions reductions further.