
Review of fossil fuel subsidies stalls as Argentina ceased communication with Canada
OTTAWA — A peer review of fossil fuel subsidies between Canada and Argentina — already years behind schedule — stalled after Argentina ceased communication following its 2023 election and subsequent change in government.
The review was first launched in 2018 as part of a G20 commitment to eliminate all “inefficient” subsides to the fossil fuel sector. It was only supposed to take about two years to complete.
But it was clear as early as 2019 that it would be behind schedule and it now seems to have fallen off the rails entirely.
Canada says Argentina ceased communication and participation in the process after Argentines voted into office President Javier Milei — a right-wing populist who has referred to climate change as a “socialist lie.”