Environmental taxes need consensus

What action is required to increase environmental tax globally?

Every country should create policies that are tailored to their particular needs

There should be international consensus on how to implement taxation

Businesses that cause damage should be solely responsible for paying environmental tax

The wealthiest countries should pay an environmental levy to support developing countries

Which country receives the highest carbon tax revenue?

US

France

China

Sweden

What is a Pigouvian tax?

The instigator of the damage, ie the polluter, pays

None of the above

A flat levy is placed on all taxpayers

Individuals pay an additional tax according to income

Where have carbon pricing schemes been particularly successful?

Countries in the European Union

China

Large middle-income countries including Brazil, India and Turkey

Baltic nations

What action has helped Japan to steadily reduce emissions?

Investing carbon tax into renewable energy and energy-efficient projects

Businesses with more than 500 employees pay an additional carbon tax

Prosecuting companies whose pollution causes deaths

All of the above

Which of the following statements is true? Statement 1, the EU is tackling emissions with a carbon border adjustment mechanism, or statement 2, the EU is tackling emissions with an emissions trading scheme

Statement 2

Both statements

Neither statement

Statement 1

What has been a major criticism of the EU’s Energy Taxation Directive?

Its minimum taxes are too high

There are too many sectoral exemptions

Its minimum taxes are too low

It is not due to be implemented until 2030

Which of the following statements is true? Statement 1, Iceland plans to tax drivers based on distance travelled, or statement 2, Iceland plans to tax drivers based on vehicle weight

Statement 1

Statement 2

Both statements

Neither statement

South Korea’s environmental tax policies…

Generate revenue that consistently exceeds the OECD average

Are very limited in scope

Were the first in the world to be implemented

Generate the lowest revenue in the OECD

How are the EU’s environmental tax policies performing?

Revenue has remained the same over a decade

Data is not available to track revenue

Revenue has fallen significantly

Revenue has increased significantly

Environmental taxes need consensus

What action is required to increase environmental tax globally?

Which country receives the highest carbon tax revenue?

What is a Pigouvian tax?

Where have carbon pricing schemes been particularly successful?

What action has helped Japan to steadily reduce emissions?

Which of the following statements is true? Statement 1, the EU is tackling emissions with a carbon border adjustment mechanism, or statement 2, the EU is tackling emissions with an emissions trading scheme

What has been a major criticism of the EU’s Energy Taxation Directive?

Which of the following statements is true? Statement 1, Iceland plans to tax drivers based on distance travelled, or statement 2, Iceland plans to tax drivers based on vehicle weight

South Korea’s environmental tax policies…

How are the EU’s environmental tax policies performing?

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