Abolishing fossil fuel subsidies has little impact on CO2 emissions: study
Paris
GETTING rid of massive subsidies for oil, gas and coal will not significantly curb carbon pollution or speed the transition to a greener global economy, researchers said on Wednesday, challenging widely held assumptions.
"Unfortunately, it is not the silver bullet many had hoped," they said in a statement.
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