Briefing

The role of (environmental) taxation in supporting sustainability transitions

Briefing Published 07 Feb 2022 Last modified 07 Aug 2023

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This briefing looks at the role of environmental taxes through two lenses. First, it analyses past and current trends in taxes in their ability to raise revenues, and their use as a basis for reform programmes that aim to shift taxes from labour and capital to resource use and environmental pollution. Second, it considers the potential for generating revenue from energy taxes and carbon pricing in the coming decade and their role in achieving the EU’s aim of being climate neutral by 2050, and the implications of this for tax shifting programmes.

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