GWEC says globally the level of subsidies given by governments to fossil fuels shot up from $400bn in 2010 to more than $523bn in 2011, and then again to reach $630bn last year.
Today, it claims, fossil fuels receive six times more subsidies than renewable energy.
Meanwhile, says GWEC, atmospheric global CO2 levels have reached a record high of 400 parts per million, seriously hindering efforts to bring human-produced emissions under control.
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