COFFIS Observatory rates Dutch fossil fuel subsidy phase-out plan “unambitious”
The COFFIS Observatory has released its assessment of the 2025 Netherlands Fossil Fuel Subsidy (FFS) Phase-out Plan. Evaluating the framework against the COFFIS Observatory methodology (v0.1p – Alpha), the assessment awards the Dutch plan an overall score of just 11 out of a possible 50 points. The report cites a critical lack of legal force, […]
Civil society urges COFFIS members to deliver on fossil fuel subsidy reform at Santa Marta conference
As governments convene in Santa Marta, Colombia, on April 24-29 for the first Conference on a Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, civil society organizations call on the members of the Coalition on Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Incentives Including Subsidies (COFFIS) to honor their commitments and accelerate action on fossil fuel subsidy reform. Launched in […]
Our submission to the COP30 presidency roadmap to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
The urgency of transitioning away from fossil fuels has never been clearer. Our submission to the Presidency’s Roadmap consultation highlights the systemic barriers blocking progress: from entrenched political resistance and fossil fuel subsidies to technological gaps and global inequality. These challenges demand bold, coordinated action, including a Fossil Fuel Treaty and fossil fuel subsidy phase-out […]
Aligning the Do No Significant Harm principle with fossil fuel subsidy phase-out
As the EU refines its 2028-2034 financial framework, the application of the Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) principle must urgently reflect the imperative to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Our submission to the consultation underscores that fossil fuel subsidies are incompatible with the EU’s climate goals and the DNSH principle itself. We advocate for binding […]
Ensuring COFFIS engagement before, during, and after Santa Marta: Key asks for COFFIS countries
The upcoming Santa Marta conference (24-29 April 2026) presents a critical opportunity for COFFIS countries to demonstrate global leadership in phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. Collectively, members are called to commit to ending subsidies for fossil fuel exploration and production as soon as possible, and to pledge no new subsidies will be introduced. At the […]
COFFIS Observatory finds low compliance but high quality in 2025 fossil fuel subsidy inventories
The COFFIS Observatory has completed its assessment of fossil fuel subsidy inventories submitted in 2025 by members of the Coalition on Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Invencentives including Subsidies (COFFIS). The results show a sharp gap between compliance and quality: very few countries submitted inventories, but those that did largely met high technical standards. Out of […]
Colombia’s new NDC signals progress on fossil fuel subsidy phase-out, but delivery must accelerate
Stop Fossil Subsidies’ COFFIS Observatory welcomes Colombia’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0), published in December 2025, which contains one of the clearest commitments to fossil fuel subsidy reform seen to date globally. The NDC explicitly recognises the need to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and sets a milestone for developing an inventory and reform […]
EU governance revision must end fossil fuel subsidies, new paper argues
A new policy paper, A framework for the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies in the European Union, by Stop Fossil Subsidies, ClientEarth and CAN Europe, sets out how the European Union can finally phase out fossil fuel subsidies through binding law, ahead of the Commission’s planned Q4 2026 revision of the Climate and Energy Governance […]
Dutch ‘Phase-Out Plan’ adds transparency but misses opportunity
Today at COP30 the Dutch government presented their “Fossil Fuel Subsidy Phase-Out Plan”. Reading the document the conclusion is inevitable that this cannot be regarded as a genuine phase-out plan. As confirmed in the accompanying decision memorandum, the document introduces no new policies or measures and merely provides an overview of the current situation. While […]
Our submission to the UNFCCC climate finance negotiations
The COP30 presidency has asked stakeholders to submit their views regarding the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T”, aiming at scaling up climate finance to USD 1.3 trillion yearly. The Stop Fossil Subsidies campaign has submitted this document. The submission underscores that fossil fuel subsidies—over USD 1.1 trillion globally in 2023—erode fiscal space in both […]