Reforming Energy Subsidies

UNEP and the IEA conducted a series of regional workshops on energy-subsidy reform and sustainable development in late 2000 and early 2001. The workshops were financed by voluntary contributions from Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The primary aims of the workshops, at which the findings of UNEP's and IEA's analyses of energy-subsidy issues were presented, were to:

• further the dialogue between developed and developing countries on the opportunities for, and challenges in, reforming subsidies;
• provide a platform for dialogue at the regional level for representatives of governments, non-governmental organizations and industry to exchange ideas and policy experiences on specific regional issues; and
• review and develop methodologies for identifying and assessing quantitatively the effects of energy subsidies and their reform.

The IEA and UNEP subsequently prepared a synthesis report, Energy Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Challenges for Policymakers, setting out the key issues discussed during the workshops and the main findings and conclusions. That report was submitted to the ninth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development held in New York in April 2001.

This booklet presents in non-technical language the central messages and findings of the synthesis report and the background analytical studies. More detailed information can be found at www.uneptie.org and www.iea.org.

2002
31 pages
Languages: English
ISBN: 92-807-2208-5
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