Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Change
On Monday, 7th December 2015, the International Institute for Sustainable Development organized an event on Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Change.
On Monday, 7th December 2015, the International Institute for Sustainable Development organized an event on Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Change to put a spotlight on the scale and nature of subsidies to fossil fuels, national and international efforts to reform subsidies and the growing momentum behind the International Communiqué to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.
This video was produced by Dorothy Wanja Nyingi PhD and filmed/edited by Robin Smith. You can find our written report and photographs from this event here.
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