Warsaw Climate Conference Side Events: Reaping Emissions Reductions from Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform
This video investigates the links between fossil fuel subsidies, greenhouse gas emission reductions and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Speakers include Damon Vis-Dunbar, IISD; Rachmat Witoelar, Indonesia; Tim Groser, New Zealand; Laura Cozzi, International Energy Agency; Anna Czajkowska, Bloomberg New Energy Finance; Simon Upton, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and Asheline Appleton, IISD.
The event took place on the margins of UNFCCC’s 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) in Warsaw, Poland in November 2013.
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