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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 the government’s classification of subsidies into categories—those under national competence, those constrained by international or EU rules, and those without a phase-out trajectory—adds some transparency, the plan falls short of what a solid phase-out plan should look like. By refusing to introduce new measures or timelines,

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 developed and developing countries while driving the climate crisis. Ending these subsidies would generate significant emissions reductions, improve public revenues, and create resources to fund climate action. The campaign points to longstanding but unfulfilled commitments, from the 2009 G20 pledge to the 2024 G7 promise to

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 are scheduled to end by 2025—a commitment the campaign calls both insufficient and incomplete, since many member states lack phase‑out plans. Fighting for data transparency In February the campaign sent a request to access the energy subsidy inventory underlying the yearly Study on Energy Subsidies, receiving