Governing clean energy subsidies: what, why, and how legal?

This paper emphasises the importance of understanding what types of clean energy subsidies countries usually provide, why countries provide them, and how they fit into existing legal mechanisms. A SETA, by simultaneously addressing these questions and clarifying existing WTO subsidy rules, could add to the certainty and predictability of a country’s trade and investment climate, qualities essential for policymakers and the private sector in their efforts to continue the scale-up of sustainable energy.