The G20 spent an average of $452 billion each year in 2013 and 2014 to support fossil fuel production

Dear colleagues,

Oil Change International and the Overseas Development Institute have just released a report that calculates - for the first time - total subsidies from G20 governments to oil, gas, and coal production.

Our report reveals that the G20 spent an average of $452 billion each year in 2013 and 2014 to support fossil fuel production, including coal mining and coal-fired electricity production, despite pledging to eliminate inefficient fossil fuel subsidies every year since 2009.

You can find the the full Empty Promises report, plus links to the 19 country studies and data sheets, here: http://stopfundingfossils.org/report. And we’ve also written a blog highlighting leaders and laggards.

Please check out our social media and share!

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• Feel free to use and adapt the sample tweets below

Please also join our Stop Funding Fossils Day of Action on November 14th! Learn more at www.stopfundingfossils.org.

SAMPLE TWEETS

• New Report: G20 is providing $452bn/yr to support fossil fuel production, despite pledge to stop. Read more: http://stopfundingfossils.org/report #ffsG20
• Funding the fossil fuel industry is like accelerating towards a wall we can clearly see. New report: http://stopfundingfossils.org/report #ffsG20
• The US provides more than $20bn in national fossil fuel subsidies - despite pledge to stop. Read more: http://stopfundingfossils.org/report #ffsG20
• New report finds G20 funding fossil fuel production with 100s of billions – 4x more than renewables. More: http://stopfundingfossils.org/report #ffsG20

Best regards, Alex Doukas Oil Change International