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Fossil subsidies: What happened to the phase-out plans at COP28 and COP26

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Published: November 19th, 2024,
Last updated: February 12th, 2025

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Sophie Hermans (center), presented the first results of the coalition to abolish fossil subsidies on Tuesday.
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A coalition of twelve countries chaired by the Netherlands promised a year ago to push ahead with the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies. At COP28, the states signed a joint declaration committing them to publish an inventory within a year in order to develop a strategy for the abolition of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Funds from this could flow into the new climate finance target (NCQG), for example, as a study by German environmental associations shows.

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COP28 Fossil fuels Energiekrise Klimafinanzierung COP29 NCQG