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 […]
Mid-2025 recap: What we have done on fossil subsidies in the EU
An answer to our open letter Having delivered an open letter in late 2024 signed by over 30 groups and 130 academics demanding an end to all fossil subsidies by 2025, the campaign received a formal response from the European Commission in February 2025. The Commission admitted that only 43% of EU fossil fuel subsidies […]
COFFIS Observatory: New analysis reveals major gaps in countries’ commitment to ending fossil subsidies
The COFFIS Observatory, a new initiative by Stop Fossil Subsidies, has published the first in-depth review of fossil fuel subsidy inventories submitted by members of the Coalition on Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Incentives Including Subsidies (COFFIS). Despite the ambition declared at its launch during COP28, only three out of the 12 original COFFIS members have […]
The European Commission Responds to Our Call—But Falls Short on Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The European Commission says that only 43% of fossil fuel subsidies in the EU are set to end by 2025, those numbers fall short from reality.
EU fossil fuel subsidies remain high amid transparency issues
The latest Study on energy subsidies and other government interventions in the European Union (2024) has recently been published. The report covers energy subsidies in the broad sense, including fossil and renewable, in various forms. The Stop Fossil Subsidies campaign notes a marginal improvement in the amount of fossil fuel subsidies (FFS) disbursed in the […]
EU Commission releases energy subsidy data following transparency request
Brussels, November 25, 2024 After a formal request for transparency from the Stop Fossil Subsidies campaign, the European Commission has released long-awaited data on energy subsidies across the EU, on the basis of which the 2023 DG ENER report on energy subsidies was delivered. The data is available in this folder and on the Commission […]
Business as usual in Brussels: new EU commissioner does not commit to fossil subsidies deadline
Since the launch of our open letter the hearings of the new European commissioners have taken place. Wopke Hoekstra – candidate for the post of Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth – is responsible (with Dan Joergensen) to create a framework for the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies in the EU, as stated in his mission letter. Last […]
Brussels sees blockade, climate march, and people’s assembly to demand an end to fossil fuel subsidies
Brussels, 5 October, 2024 Today at 2pm in Brussels, around 400 demonstrators from all over Europe and the Global South organised a climate march that began in Place du Luxembourg, in front of the European Parliament, and ended in Merode, where the demonstrators held a People’s Assembly on Climate Justice. Meanwhile, at 2.30pm, 135 activists, […]
European civil society demands immediate end to fossil fuel subsidies in open letter to EU leaders
Brussels, 2 October 2024 – More than 30 leading climate and social justice groups under the United for Climate Justice (UCJ) coalition have issued an urgent open letter to EU leaders, calling for an end to fossil fuel subsidies by 2025. The letter, addressed to the Presidents of the European Commission, Council, and Parliament, and candidate […]