We consider impacts of fossil fuel subsidy reforms on economic growth, focusing mostly on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. The main empirical result is that a country that initially subsidizes its fossil ...

This paper examines if recent sharp declines in the price of oil and other fossil fuels will discourage private investment in renewable energy, which is key for climate change mitigation. The increase in private renewables ...

From years ago to the present, the country has been dragging budget deficits for different reasons, including those that we analyze in this article, which are the subsidies to fossil fuels such as extra gasoline, ...

As mudanças climáticas vêm causando impactos em sistemas naturais e humanos fazendo com que alguns dos serviços prestados pelos muitos ecossistemas terrestres e oceânicos se modifiquem. Estudo realizado pelo Intergovernmental ...

The increasing participation of fossil fuel thermoelectric plants in the Brazilian electricity grid in the past few years has led to a worsening of its environmental impact, a correlation made evident by data on CO2 emissions ...

Global biofuel consumption has been growing in recent years as different countries worldwide have been exploring alternatives and complements to gasoline and diesel fuel for transport. This is due to a hike in oil prices ...

The sugar and alcohol industry in Brazil is experiencing cycles of rise and decline, so that it is not possible for the investor to contribute large resources to this market, in view of the fluctuation of public policies ...

We have studied changes in energy use and practices due to a program which partially replaced firewood by fossil fuels. The program has been running for nearly five years in rural dwellings in Patagonia Argentina, where ...

En este proyecto de investigación se analiza los criterios para diseñar eficientemente una política de subsidios a los combustibles fósiles y como incide en el equilibrio fiscal, mediante las tres características básicas ...