the initiative and plan provided a mandate for nordic countries to work together on both fossil fuel subsidy reform and linking up environment and climate change work within development aid programs the global subsidies initiative gsi of the international institute for sustainable development usd worked with the ncm on a number of projects for example in the gsilntegrated fiscal gsiif model was developed to evaluate the impact of fossil fuel subsidy reform on greenhouse gas emissions it was applied to countries within the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc to enable a better countrylevel understanding ofthe link between fossil fuel subsidies and climate change see figure merrill harris casier bassi merrill bassi bridle christensen the information was shared with unfccc country negotiators through policy briefs and publications and side events ultimately countries included the issue of fossil fuel subsidy or energy sector reform within their nationally determined contributions ndc terton gass merrill wagner meyer a unfccc technical experts meeting also covered the issue briefly technical papers prepared by the secretariat have also pointed to the issue