Taxes can play an importing role to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. Contributors to our project
consider how to best deal with the issues arising from those taxes to
better change behaviour and increase public acceptance.
In this paper, we examine ideas such as
progressive consumption taxes and sector specific taxes as a means to
change behaviour. However, behaviour can also be changed by
incentivisation. This summary presents innovative ideas to improve
investment in green technology and encourage global consumers to switch
their purchase power to green alternatives.
Finally, contributors examine how
increasing green taxes could help cut taxes in other areas, thereby
promoting employment, investment and, ultimately, the circular economy.
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