Fossil fuel subsidy reform - Policy Brief 15

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This policy brief from TPP Director Dr Neil McCulloch is based on his book Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies: the politics of saving the plane, published by Practical Action Publishing. 

It summarises the problem with fossil fuel subsidies, how they inflict harm and what steps are being taken to reduce them. It also shows why subsidies persist and why existing efforts have been so ineffective. Drawing lessons from countries which have tried to remove fossil fuel subsidies, it explains that the fundamental challenge to reform is not technical, but political.