Economic instruments for a low-carbon future / edited by Theodoros Zachariadis [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Zachariadis, Theodoros, editor.

Series:

Critical issues in environmental taxation.

Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon dioxide mitigation--Law and legislation.

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

Sustainable development--Law and legislation.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"Critically assessing recent developments in environmental and tax legislation, and in particular low-carbon strategies, this timely book analyses the implementation of market-based instruments for achieving climate stabilisation objectives around the world. Through case studies and broader analysis, international experts examine taxes and subsidies in energy intensive sectors including stationary energy and transport in Europe and South America, and low-carbon strategies in Australia and East Asia. They also address cross-cutting policy issues involving water pollution and biodiversity protection. This work illustrates how economic instruments for a low-carbon transition need to align with other governmental policies and together influence behaviour in multiple domains such as energy, mobility, trade, land use and innovation. Providing a rich economic modelling of environmental fiscal policies, this topical book will be an engaging read for environmental tax scholars and professionals, as well as academics across energy and environmental economics, law and policy. Policy makers and practitioners in energy and climate policy will also benefit from its problem-solving approach"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

Preface

Part I: Economic incentives for the energy transition

1. Price support schemes in the service of the EU's low-carbon energy transition / Theodoros Iliopoulos

2. Tax incentives for photovoltaic power self-consumption: An analysis of the Spanish experience / Marta Villar Ezcurra and Carmen Cámara Barroso

3. The brazilian newly inaugurated net metering system: A case study of a win-win model for the sustainable development of the country's energy matrix boosted by renewable sources / José Maria McCall Zanocchi

Part II: On the road to low-carbon transport

4. VAT rules for passenger travel by air and by train in the EU / Julia Tumpel

5. Incentivizing favourable treatment of electric vehicles developing best practices in the EU from the austrian perspective / Stefanie Geringer

6. "ecobonus" and "ecotax": Two recent Italian fiscal measures to promote the decarbonization in vehicles / Alessia Tomo

Part III: Challenges to low-carbon strategies in Australia and east Asia

7. Australian carbon policy: Two steps forward, one step backwards? / Evgeny Guglyuvatyy and Natalie P. Stoianoff

8. May link prevail! Or: A comparative analysis of lessons learnt from (not) linking carbon markets in Japan and oceania / Sven Rudolph, Elena Aydos, Takeshi Kawakatsu, Achim Lerch and Joseph Dellatte

9. Carbon emission reduction effects of China's environmental protection tax - a case study / Long Feng, Ge Chazhong, Bi Fenfen, Qin Changbo

Part IV: Prospects for decarbonisation and circular economy

10. How to reach paris: A comprehensive long-term energy-economy scenario for austria / Ina Meyer, Mark Sommer and Kurt Kratena

11. The importance of a carbon tax for timely and cost-effective decarbonisation - a case study from cyprus / Chryso Sotiriou and Theodoros Zachariadis

12. Trigger or time fuse? An empirical framework for detecting change points and pace in the diffusion of low carbon technologies / Veronika Kulmer, Dominik Kortschak and Sebastian Seebauer

13. The potential of reuse in the circular economy strategy: In search of a legal framework - the Italian tax perspective / Marina Bisogno

Part V: Relevant legal and economic considerations from other sustainability contexts

14. Environmental taxation in sub-saharan Africa: Barriers and policy options / Elena Belletti

15. Implications of Denmark's water price reform for riverine and coastal surface water quality / Massimo Pizzol, Maria Molinos-Senante, Hans Thodsen and Mikael Skou Andersen

16. Reduction of biodiversity harmful subsidies and compensatory payments for agricultural pollutants in Germany / Kai Schlegelmilch

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83910-991-2