Paying the Polluter

Environmentally Harmful Subsidies and their Reform

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Pledges to reform environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS) have increased over the past few years, at both global and national levels. Paying the Polluter addresses the most important issues to be considered when embarking upon these necessary reforms.In this unique work, leading experts explore the definition of EHS, how they can be identified and measured and assess their impacts and the potential benefits of reform. Barriers and opportunities for EHS reform are elaborated with examples of successes and failures. A practical subsidy reform tool is also presented, giving guidance to help develop transparent inventories of subsidies and road maps for future development.Demonstrating how subsidy reform may contribute to a better environment, support fiscal reform and address social and economic objectives, this authoritative book will appeal to policy makers and their advisors all over the world. It will also be a useful sourcebook for academics interested in concrete applications of environmental economics. Finally it should prove a rich and informative read for anyone looking for facts and arguments supporting green budget reforms.Contributors: K. Bachus, A. Bruvoll, J. Cottrell, L. Franckx, B. Kretschmer, M. Lehmann, I. Mayeres, L. Mazza, S. Newman, F. Oosterhuis, J. Pieters, D. Russi, J. Sauvage, R. Steenblik, P. ten Brink, K. Umpfenbach, C. van Beers, J.C.J.M. van den Bergh, H. Vennemo, A. von Moltke, S. Withana

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781782545309

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Edited by Frans H. Oosterhuis, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Patrick ten Brink, European Environmental Bureau, Belgium

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‘The financial means embedded in subsidies for unsustainable systems of production and consumption are increasingly well studied and reported. This has led to policy recommendations (e.g. OECD, EU) on how to reform subsidy systems in support of the necessary transitions to a low carbon and ecosystem resilient society based on a strong resource efficient economy. The authors in this book contribute to the debate based on recent, high quality and policy relevant research. It is a timely contribution to a pressing financial issue in environmental policy.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:ForewordKai Schlegelmilch1. Introduction: High Hopes and Down-to-Earth RealismFrans Oosterhuis and Patrick ten Brink2. A Global Survey of Potentially Environmentally Harmful SubsidiesRonald Steenblik3. Hidden Subsidies: The Invisible Part of the EHS IcebergSirini Withana, Patrick ten Brink, Leonardo Mazza and Daniela Russi4. Can We Recognise an Environmentally Harmful Subsidy if We See One?Jan Pieters5. Quantifying the Impacts of Environmentally Harmful SubsidiesCees van Beers and Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh 6. Energy SubsidiesFrans Oosterhuis and Katharina Umpfenbach 7. Environmentally Harmful Subsidies in the Transport SectorLaurent Franckx and Inge Mayeres8. Agriculture, Food and WaterFrans Oosterhuis and Kris Bachus9. Environmentally Harmful Subsidies and BiodiversityPatrick ten Brink, Markus Lehmann, Bettina Kretschmer, Stephanie Newman and Leonardo Mazza10. Reforming EHS in Europe: Success Stories, Failures and Agenda SettingJacqueline Cottrell11. Phasing Out Environmentally Harmful Subsidies WorldwideAnja von Moltke12. Reform of Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: Distributional IssuesAnnegrete Bruvoll and Haakon Vennemo13. The Way Forward: Reforming EHS in the Transition to a Green EconomyPatrick ten Brink, Sirini Withana and Frans OosterhuisAppendix 1: Classifying and Estimating Government SupportRonald Steenblik and Jehan SauvageAppendix 2: A Subsidy Reform ToolPatrick ten Brink and Sirini WithanaIndex