Showing posts with label energy subsidies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy subsidies. Show all posts

19 March, 2018

Fossil fuel subsidies exceed total world spend on health

Discussing fossil fuel subsidies in “Unprecedented Crime: Climate Change Denial and Game Changers for Survival” Dr Peter Carter and Elizabeth Woodworth said: 


 “In 2015, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper estimated that the world’s governments would spend a staggering $5.3 trillion on energy subsidies that year, with most of it supporting fossil fuels. This worked out to $10 million a minute, more than the total amount world governments would spend on health.”