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Pfund: Global oil and gas subsidies reached $7T in 2022

Nancy Pfund · Investors riff on the new era for climate investing · Oct 16, 2023 · at 7:45

Nancy Pfund, founder and managing director of DBL Partners, contrasts the scale of the Inflation Reduction Act against worldwide subsidies received by the fossil fuel industry.

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“So it does, 3.5 trillion is, is a huge accomplishment, and it We're so grateful for it, but it is dwarfed by the seven, seven trillion dollars in twenty-twenty-two that the oil and gas industry has in subsidies.”

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The claim, plainly

The oil and gas industry received $7 trillion in subsidies in 2022, dwarfing total US federal climate legislation spending.

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Assessment

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported in its August 2023 working paper ('IMF Fossil Fuel Subsidies Data: 2023 Update') that global fossil fuel subsidies reached exactly $7.0 trillion in calendar year 2022 (comprising $1.3 trillion in explicit direct subsidies and $5.7 trillion in implicit subsidies reflecting underpriced environmental and health externalities). This authoritative finding matches the $7 trillion figure cited for 2022 and satisfies the resolution criteria.

IMF Working Paper 'IMF Fossil Fuel Subsidies Data: 2023 Update' (published August 23, 2023) estimated total global fossil fuel subsidies for 2022 at $7.0 trillion (7.1% of global GDP).
The $7.0 trillion total encompasses $1.3 trillion in explicit subsidies (supply cost undercharging and direct price supports) and $5.7 trillion in implicit subsidies (unpriced environmental, climate, and health damages).

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[1] imf.org [2] repec.org [3] healthpolicy-watch.news [4] yale.edu [5] iea.org [6] iea.org [7] instituteforenergyresearch.org [8] imf.org

IEA fossil fuel subsidies 2022 IMF fossil fuel subsidies 7 trillion 2022 World Bank fossil fuel subsidies 2022 7 trillion

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