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Updated: 12 August 2020

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The Energy Policy Tracker database is updated on a weekly basis, to provide the latest information about COVID-19 government policy responses from a climate and energy perspective. Our analysis provides a detailed overview of the public finance flows as determined by recovery packages across the G20. Filter by country, energy type, finance mechanisms, and other categories to see, at a glance, what types of measures countries are implementing to tackle the crisis and what is shaping our future energy system.

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G20 governments have pledged to inject trillions of dollars into the global economy to counteract the health, social, and financial shocks caused by the COVID-19 crisis. This large-scale stimulus spending will shape the global economy for decades to come. These decisions could trigger unbearable climate disasters or create a resilient and safe economy powered by clean energy.

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Country	Jurisdiction	Category	Policy name	Policy type	Sector	Energy type	Stage	Mechanism	Legislation and endorsing agency	Arm of Government	Primary and secondary stated objective of the policy	Value as stated (specify currency)	Value committed, national currency	Value committed, USD	Date of announcement	Value disbursed, national currency	Value disbursed, USD	Policy background	Links to official sources	Links to additional sources
Italy	National	other energy	Additional 500m euros incentives for the purchase of new, low CO2 emissions cars (part of the Decreto Agosto)	Fiscal	Mobility	Oil and oil products	Energy use (all energy types, consumption in transport, household use, buildings etc)	Budget or off-budget transfer (DT)	Italian Government	Government	To support the automotive sector, badly hit by the COVID 19 crisis	EUR	500.00 million	550660793	08/08/2020	Unquantified	Unquantified	This new measure, introduced as part of the so-called Decreto Agosto, represents a further commitment to incentivise the automotive sector as already started with the Decreto Rilancio. Incentives vary between 1,500 and 1,750 euros depending on the efficiency of the purchased car. The decree mentions that 90 out of the 500 millions should be directed to support installation of charging infrastructures for electric vehicles; however, no further details are provided about that.	http://www.governo.it/it/articolo/comunicato-stampa-del-consiglio-dei-ministri-n-61/15056 Accessed 11 August 2020	https://quifinanza.it/soldi/decreto-agosto-500-milioni-incentivi-novita/406296/ Accessed 11 August 2020
Italy	National	fossil unconditional	180m euros per year over two years in tax credits for the tourist sector to refurbish and upgrade buildings (part of the Decreto Agosto)	Fiscal	Buildings	Multiple fossil	Energy use (all energy types, consumption in transport, household use, buildings etc)	Tax or royalty or govt fee break (GRF)		Government	To support the tourist sector, badly hit by the COVID 19 crisis	EUR	360.00 million	396475771	08/08/2020	Unquantified	Unquantified	The measure is part of the so-called Decreto Agosto. It is aimed at supporting the tourism sector by providing tax credits to those in the sector who undertake buildings and structures refurbishment or upgrades. The package represents a yearly commitment of 180m euros for 2020 and 2021, and covers up to 65% of the refurbishment costs. The access to the tax credit does not appear to be conditional to any environmental standards.	http://www.governo.it/it/articolo/comunicato-stampa-del-consiglio-dei-ministri-n-61/15056 Accessed 11 August 2020
Italy	National	clean conditional	Resources to support local public transport systems (part of the Decreto Agosto)	Fiscal	Mobility	Multiple energy types	Energy use (all energy types, consumption in transport, household use, buildings etc)	Budget or off-budget transfer (DT)		Government	To support public transport at municipal level	EUR	Unquantified	0	08/08/2020	Unquantified	Unquantified	The so-called Decreto Agosto includes some economic support measures to local public transport systems; however, the total amount of such support and its other details are not clear yet.	http://www.governo.it/it/articolo/comunicato-stampa-del-consiglio-dei-ministri-n-61/15056 Accessed 11 August 2020
Italy	National	fossil unconditional	Doubling up in 2021 compared to 2020 of the resources provided to municipalities for improving safety standards in construction projects (part of the Decreto Agosto)	Fiscal	Buildings	Multiple fossil	Energy use (all energy types, consumption in transport, household use, buildings etc)	Budget or off-budget transfer (DT)		Government	To improve construction safety standards while supporting the construction sector	EUR	Unquantified	0	08/08/2020	Unquantified	Unquantified	The so-called Decreto Agosto includes the Italian government commitment to double up the resources provided to municipalities for upgrading and improving safety standards in costruction projects in 2021 compared to 2020. The economic support does not seem to be conditional to any forms of environmental standards. The total amount of such support and its other details are not clear yet.	http://www.governo.it/it/articolo/comunicato-stampa-del-consiglio-dei-ministri-n-61/15056 Accessed 11 August 2020
Canada	Ontario	clean conditional	Ontario cost-share funding for Safe Restart Agreement transit allocation	Fiscal	Mobility	Multiple energy types	Energy use (all energy types, consumption in transport, household use, buildings etc)	Budget or off-budget transfer (DT)	Government of Ontario	Government	Funding infrastructure projects for Canadians	CAD	1.00 billion	732600733	07/08/2020	Unquantified	Unquantified	Up to CAD 2 billion will be shared equally between Ontario and the federal government, meaning that Ontario's contribution for transit could be up to CAD 1 billion. A total of CAD 660 million has been announced for the first round of funding.	https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/08/ontario-providing-municipalities-with-up-to-16-billion-in-first-round-of-emergency-funding.html?utm_source=ondemand&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=p Accessed 12 August 2020. https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/07/historic-agreement-delivers-up-to-4-billion-to-support-municipalities-and-transit.html Accessed 12 August 2020