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Green budgets: the potential for economic instruments to power environmental change

News Published 16 Sep 2011 Last modified 21 Jun 2016

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The budget is one area where governments can influence our interaction with the environment – encouraging beneficial behaviour, and discouraging environmental destruction. As a conference on environmental fiscal reform opens at the European Environment Agency (EEA), we consider the potential for using financial carrots and sticks to improve the environment.