Better use of energy taxes could strengthen developing country finances while cutting pollution

Developing countries could raise much-needed public revenues, while cutting emissions and air pollution, by making better use of energy taxes and reducing energy subsidies, according to a new OECD report released on 25 January 2021. The release of the report has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 25 January 2021. Furthermore from the press release: Taxing Energy Use for Sustainable Development: Opportunities for energy tax and ...

Taxes on polluting fuels are too low to encourage a shift to low-carbon alternatives

Taxing polluting sources of energy is an effective way to curb emissions that harm the planet and human health, and the income generated can be used to ease the low-carbon transition for vulnerable households. Yet 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions from advanced and emerging economies are entirely untaxed, offering little incentive to move to cleaner energy, according to a new OECD report as announced in a press release published on ...

Governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change

Taxes are effective at cutting harmful emissions from energy use, but governments could make better use of them. Greater reliance on energy taxation is needed to strengthen efforts to tackle the principal source of both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, according to a new OECD report “Taxing Energy Use 2018: Companion to the Taxing Energy Use Database”, which report was released on 14 February 2018. Taxing Energy Use 2018 ...

OECD to release report Taxing Energy Use 2018

The OECD has announced the publication of its report Taxing Energy Use 2018 on February 14, 2018. For more information, click here to go to the announcement referred to above as published on the website of the OECD. CFN-artikelnr. 20180209-9 BRONDOCUMENT BRON: www.oecd.org Land/gebiedsdeel: OECD Betreft: OECD, energy use, taxing energy use Regeling: OECD report Taxing Energy Use 2018, to be published 14 February 2018 Datum: 14 February 2018 ...