Findings

IN A NUTSHELL

The Fossil Fuel Cuts Database identifies 1930 initiatives implemented between 1988 and 2021 in 108 countries across the seven major types of supply-side approaches. Documenting temporal and geographical patterns, we show a rapid growth in the number of supply-side initiatives taken during the past decade and their highly uneven adoption across the world. Most initiatives occurred in countries with low economic dependence on fossil fuel production and limited fossil fuel exports, with the partial exception of Canada and Norway at the national level, and the US at the sub-national level.

Visual representations of some findings can be found in the "Atlas" section of this website.


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Highlights

  1. Seven main instruments to constrain fossil fuel production:

    • divestments,

    • blockades,

    • litigation,

    • moratoria & bans,

    • subsidy phaseouts,

    • carbon taxes,

    • emissions trading schemes.

2. Most active countries (1988 - 2021):

  1. United States: 615 cases

  2. United Kingdom: 307 cases

  3. Australia: 189 cases

  4. Canada: 94 cases

  5. Nigeria: 58 cases

  6. France: 57 cases

  7. Germany: 46 cases

  8. Italy: 39 cases

  9. Ireland: 36 cases

  10. India: 32 cases

3. Most active years (1988 - 2021):

  1. 2015: 251 cases

  2. 2018: 248 cases

  3. 2014: 208 cases

  4. 2016: 187 cases

  5. 2020: 181 cases

4. Most active actors (1988 - ongoing):

  1. Civil Society: 1613 cases

  2. Subnational Governments: 282 cases

  3. National Governments: 82 cases

regional Case-studies

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