⤵️Let’s look at the data that five COFFIS member @IISD_news countries have shared on their fossil subsidies.

We will rate the transparency of their submissions.

😦Spoiler: it's a mixed bag.

https://x.com/stopfossilsubs/status/1858814323654623347

At COP29, only five COFFIS members shared their "fossil fuel subsidy inventory".

This is a first step towards the phase-out of fossil subsidies.

The quality of these "inventories" varies greatly.

👉We are asking the @EU_Commission to do the bare minimum

A month ago we requested documents connected to the 2023 @InfoTrinomics @Enerdata study on energy subsidies in the EU commissioned by @Energy4Europe


A thread🧵op.europa.eu/en/publication… 🛢️The study analyses the energy subsidies including fossil fuel subsidies in EU Member States. It found that in 2021 fossil subsidies amounted to 56 billion EUR, and 123 billion in 2022.

🧵These are the key takeaways from the COFFIS event @COP29_AZ

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https://x.com/stopfossilsubs/status/1858814323654623347

1⃣New members: UK, New Zealand, Colombia @IISD_news

2⃣“Several” COFFIS members have made their fossil subsidies transparent with an inventory

(“Several” is actually 5 countries, less than half of the members) iisd.org/coffis/nationa…

🧵Let’s talk about COFFIS and how it is trying to concretise the so far fruitless international commitments to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.

📆COP29 in Baku will feature an event at 12:00 CET, where we will get an update on the initiative:

unfccc.int/event/the-neth… ➡️COFFIS is Coalition on Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Incentives Including Subsidies was born out of the initiative of The Netherlands, and launched with a joint statement of 12 countries at COP28 in 2023. It now includes 13 countries.

government.nl/documents/publ…

🇪🇺Last week @WBHoekstra had his hearing in the @EUparliament.

He talked about the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, but we weren't impressed.

He claims that he wants "to go all out". But he is already giving up, before even starting his work.

A thread 🧵 5⃣ mentions of fossil fuel subsidies during the hearing
1⃣ question by @LenaSchilling1 on the topic at 11:21:30

elections.europa.eu/european-commi…

➡️You can read the transcript here: hearings.elections.europa.eu/documents/hoek…

🇪🇺 On 4-12 November the European Parliament @EUparliament will be busy with the hearings of the commissioners-designate.

✍️Some written questions on the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies have already been answered by the candidates. A thread 🧵 📨@vonderleyen has already mandated in her mission letters @WBHoekstra and @DanJoergensen (under @Teresaribera) to implement a framework for the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies (as decided in the 8th Environmental Action Programme):

✊🌍🧵TODAY is the day - we will be live-tweeting the whole afternoon. Tag us in photos and videos.

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