Tara Laan
Lead, Incentivizing Renewables
Tara Laan is a Lead, Incentivizing Renewables, in IISD’s Energy Program. She has over 17 years of experience in energy policy, with a particular focus on subsidies and taxation.
Tara’s work spans a diverse range of economies, including the energy program’s focus countries: Canada, India, Indonesia, and South Africa. She has successfully concluded projects with the Asian Development Bank, the Facility for Oil Sector Transparency in Nigeria, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the OECD, and the World Bank, among others.
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- Areas of expertise
- Subsidies
- Responsible Business
- Trade
- Energy
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Sustainable Finance
- Biofuels
- Green Taxation
- Natural Resource Management
- Renewable Energy
- Education
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Bachelor of Science, Botany and Zoology, University of Adelaide
Contributions
Publications
Public Financial Support for Renewable Power Generation and Integration in the G20 Countries
G20 governments provided at least USD 168 billion in public financial support for renewable power in 2023, less than one third of G20 fossil fuel subsidies that year.
Report
September 30, 2024
Unlocking Clean Power for All
This report uses tipping point theory to advise where public funding can be strategically directed to catalyze renewable energy deployment in developing and emerging economies.
Report
September 30, 2024
Mapping India's Energy Policy 2023
Mapping India's Energy Policy 2023 is the latest publication in a series of annual updates on government support for energy in India that includes critical data on energy subsidies and taxation.
Report
March 11, 2024
Burning Billions: Record public money for fossil fuels impeding climate action
This briefing provides the latest evidence on how the world is aligning public financial flows with the need to reduce GHG emissions.
Report
November 21, 2023
Articles
Green Recovery Know-How From the Nordics
Nordic countries are known for combining healthy economic growth with solid social and environmental policies. What's their secret to green recovery?
Insight
July 30, 2020
Better Targeted Subsidies Could Benefit Poor Women
Millions of dollars worth of fossil fuel subsidies could be better targeted by governments to benefit poor women.
Insight
March 8, 2019
India's Energy Subsidies Moving in the Right Direction
India has become an outspoken proponent of renewable energy, but do the facts back up the rhetoric? Is the central government walking the talk when it comes to India's energy subsidies?
Insight
December 27, 2018