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COFFIS Observatory finds low compliance but high quality in 2025 fossil fuel subsidy inventories

March 9, 2026

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 17 COFFIS members expected to submit an inventory in 2025, only four countries made a submission. Of these, just three were considered valid inventories. Ireland achieved a perfect score of 50 out of 50, while the Netherlands and Belgium both scored 43. Spain’s submission was deemed

Colombia’s new NDC signals progress on fossil fuel subsidy phase-out, but delivery must accelerate

January 19, 2026

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 proposal as part of a roadmap for their gradual elimination. The inclusion of fossil fuel subsidy phase-out in the NDC reflects the political momentum generated throughout 2025, including the upcoming Santa Marta Conference (28-29 April), where governments, experts, and civil society will discuss a Just Transition

EU governance revision must end fossil fuel subsidies, new paper argues

January 14, 2026

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 framework. Despite repeated EU, G20 and COP commitments, fossil fuel subsidies remain widespread across the Union. Latest EU data show that nearly half of all fossil fuel subsidies — over €50 billion annually — have no planned end date. Member State reporting is inconsistent, definitions are

Dutch ‘Phase-Out Plan’ adds transparency but misses opportunity

November 19, 2025

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,

Our submission to the UNFCCC climate finance negotiations

August 23, 2025

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