this includes direct and indirect transfer of funds and liabilities tax breaks price and market support measures as well as other regulations giving an advantage to fossil fuels using the pricegap approach the iea provides a global estimate of subsidies to fossil fuels at usd bln in a figure that is limited only to consumer subsidies and only to developing countries iea b p the iea also estimates worldwide subsidies for renewables at usd bln in the same year iea b p