The Challenge of Defining Fossil Fuel Subsidies

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40956-the-challenge-of-defining-fossil-fuel-subsidies
Date Written:  2017-06-16
Publisher:  Truthout
Year Published:  2017
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX21011

An examination of the ways fossil fuel subsidies are measured and why semantic arguments over definitions may be missing the point.

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Excerpt: There is no universally agreed definition of what constitutes a fossil fuel subsidy. Multiple organisations make assessments each using their own, unique approach. The huge range of estimates for the value of fossil fuel subsidies is driven by both the methods they use to calculate them and the countries covered.