Biodiversity and Climate

Edited by Édouard Civel, Researcher, Square Research Center and Climate Economics Chair, Christian de Perthuis, Professor, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, France, Janet E. Milne, Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Tax Policy Institute, Vermont Law School, US, Mikael Skou Andersen, Professor of Environmental Policy Analysis, Aarhus University, Denmark and Hope Ashiabor, Dr., University of New South Wales Business School, Australia

• ContentsEditorial review board xiForeword xiiFrank J. ConveryPART I PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY: PRIORITIESAND TECHNIQUES1 Biodiversity is the new climate 2Aude Pommeret2 Promoting tax systems that align governments and privateactors with biodiversity objectives 18Gabrielle Aubert3 How should protected areas be taxed? A comparativeanalysis of tax regimes for natural protected areas in Europe 41Louise Dupuis and Guillaume SaintenyPART II AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND SOILS:EMISSIONS SOURCES AND SINKS4 Reducing climate emissions from farms: New Zealand’sproposed farm levy and California policies compared 58Roberta Mann and Walter Wang5 Carbon sequestration in Austrian soils: environmentalsignificance and economic effects of selected measures 74Ina Meyer, Franz Sinabell, Gerhard Streicher, AndreasBohner and Heide Spiegel6 The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in theagricultural sector: what prospects? 88Lorenzo del Federico and Silvia GiorgiPART III CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES: LOCAL,NATIONAL AND MARITIME7 Challenges of urban areas for land use, CO2 emissions andclimate resilience: the role and environmental reform oflocal taxes and charges 100Pedro M. Herrera Molina, Álvaro del Blanco García,Belén García Carretero, Andrés García Martínez andRafael Sanz Gómez8 Energy, greenhouse gas emissions and climate policies:Austria and Poland compared 117Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig and Claudia Kettner9 Urban solutions for tackling climate change withtransport, environmental and economic tools: outline fromCzechia and France 131Radom’ra Jordov‡ and Hana Brůhov‡ Foltýnov‡10 European tax strategies for shipping emissions reductionto protect human health and biodiversity 149Rodolfo Salassa BoixPART IV SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OFENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION: CASE STUDIES11 Households’ vulnerability to carbon pricing: a case studyfor Austria 167Julia Bock-Schappelwein and Claudia Kettner12 Reforming the EU ETS: towards a more sustainablerevenue recycling 181Sven Rudolph, Joseph Dellatte, Elena Aydos, Takeshi Kawakatsu13 Water taxation – from theory to practice: a case study ofthe Environmental Contribution Levy in Victoria, Australia 199Elliot Legendre14 Analysis of the distributional impact of measures tocontain the 2022 energy crisis in Spain 216Mikel González-Eguino, Xaquín García-Muros, MaríaMoyano, Eva Alonso-Epelde, María Victoria Román,Manuel Tomás

‘The book offers a comprehensive study of the role of fiscal measures in supporting environmental goals and addressing the urgent issue of biodiversity loss. The book is an essential resource for students, professionals, and policymakers focused on environmental preservation, natural resource management, and biodiversity protection.’