Governments and business need to switch to low-carbon energy fast. Billions of dollars of government subsidies are still being wasted on fossil fuels, from kerosene to coal, every single year. Governments need to remove subsidies to fossil fuels and invest in a better future. These subsidies send us backwards, and they lock us in a road to nowhere.Laura Merrill - International Institute for Sustainable Development

Governments and business need to switch to low-carbon energy fast. Billions of dollars of government subsidies are still being wasted on fossil fuels, from kerosene to coal, every single year. Governments need to remove subsidies to fossil fuels and invest in a better future. These subsidies send us backwards, and they lock us in on a road to nowhere.Laura Merrill - International Institute for Sustainable Development

Imagine if we swapped all the fuel subsidies government spends each year on fossil fuels, like gasoline and diesel, for improving public bike lanes? We could build safer cycle lanes enough to go round the planet 123 times.Laura Merrill - International Institute for Sustainable Development

Global fossil fuel subsidies work out at about USD 400 for every car in the world, every single year. Imagine what we could do if governments switched those subsidies for pedal power instead?Laura Merrill - International Institute for Sustainable Development