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Green Tax and Budget Reform in Germany: Is the Double Dividend Working

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Background. Green tax and budget reform was introduced in 2001 by the Social Democratic Party (SDP);Nature - revenue-neutral green tax and budget reform that uses pollution/emission levels as a basis for taxes, while reducing income tax. Corporation taxes were lowered from 42% to 25 % and private incomes from 53% to 42 %.

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Green Tax and Budget Reform in Germany: Is the Double Dividend Working

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    1. ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THE WELLBEING OF ALL Green Tax and Budget Reform in Germany: Is the Double Dividend Working? Aneta Nikolova, ESDD, UNESCAP 14 December 2006, Bangkok

    2. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

    3. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific As much as we look: There‘s less and less oil in the tub

    4. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific It’s not always easy being green and some people lose faith...

    5. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Main Principle or the Double Dividend of Green Tax energy and environmentally harmful transport are taxed and thus rendered more expensive, while revenues raised are used to make labour cheaper the taxes raised help protect the environment, decrease CO2 emissions, foster development and create new jobs

    6. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Most energy taxes were increased by high percentages

    7. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Benefits A healthy climate instead of a climatic catastrophe The protection of scarce resources Less dependency on oil Competition in environmental technology More jobs

    8. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Policy Support In order to introduce the Green tax reforms, 2 law were changed and 2 more were passed The mineral oil tax law and the mineral oil tax regulation law were changed The electricity tax law and the electricity tax regulation laws were newly passed

    9. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific What does Green Tax reform consist of? Reform of existing taxes in the interest of the environment Introduction of environmentally-oriented contributions and charges Subsidy policies that support sustainable development Sustainable and environmentally sound design of state fiscal activities, particularly state monies and state investment.

    10. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Our only problem is to step from the old, fossil bathtub into the nice new bathtub of solar energy... TRANSITION FOSSIL TO SOLAR

    11. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Climate change costs money INCREASE OF DAMAGES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS SINCE 1950s

    12. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Putting things in Perspective: Ecotaxes are still small

    13. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific First Results of Ecological Tax Reform POSITIVE EFFECTS ON NATURE, INNOVATION AND LABOUR 1.

    14. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Conclusions and Lessons Learned Green tax increased the competitive edge of Germany on the European market Attracted more investments Stimulated innovation – hydrogen cars, improved public transport Crated new jobs Public support and pressure enhanced the process Future ecotax campaigns should not stress dangers, but innovation, benefits and future jobs

    15. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Green tax and budget reform

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