Economic Instruments for a Low-carbon Future

Edited by Theodoros Zachariadis, Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, Cyprus University of Technology and The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus, 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

• Contents:FOREWORDPREFACEPART IECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION1.Price Support Schemes in the Service of the EU’s Low-Carbon Energy TransitionTheodoros Iliopoulos2.Tax Incentives for Photovoltaic Power Self-Consumption: An Analysis of the Spanish ExperienceMarta Villar Ezcurra and Carmen Cámara Barroso3.The Brazilian Newly Inaugurated Net Metering System: A Case Study of a Win-Win Model for the Sustainable Development of the Country’s Energy Matrix Boosted by Renewable SourcesJosé Maria McCall ZanocchiPART IION THE ROAD TO LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT4.VAT Rules for Passenger Travel by Air and by Train in the EUJulia Tumpel5.Incentivizing Favourable Treatment of Electric Vehicles ⎯ Developing Best Practices in the EU from the Austrian PerspectiveStefanie Geringer6.“Ecobonus” and “Ecotax”: Two Recent Italian Fiscal Measures to Promote the Decarbonization in VehiclesAlessia TomoPART IIICHALLENGES TO LOW-CARBON STRATEGIES IN AUSTRALIA AND EAST ASIA7.Australian Carbon Policy: Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards? Evgeny Guglyuvatyy and Natalie P. Stoianoff8.May Link Prevail! Or: A Comparative Analysis of Lessons Learnt from (not) Linking Carbon Markets in Japan and OceaniaSven Rudolph, Elena Aydos, Takeshi Kawakatsu, Achim Lerch and Joseph Dellatte9.Carbon Emission Reduction Effects of China’s Environmental Protection Tax – A Case StudyLong Feng, Ge Chazhong, Bi Fenfen, Qin ChangboPART IVPROSPECTS FOR DECARBONISATION AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY10.How to Reach Paris: A Comprehensive Long-Term Energy-Economy Scenario for AustriaIna Meyer, Mark Sommer and Kurt Kratena11.The Importance of a Carbon Tax for Timely and Cost-effective Decarbonisation – A Case Study from CyprusChryso Sotiriou and Theodoros Zachariadis12.Trigger or time fuse? An Empirical Framework for Detecting Change Points and Pace in the Diffusion of Low Carbon TechnologiesVeronika Kulmer, Dominik Kortschak and Sebastian Seebauer13.The Potential of Reuse in the Circular Economy Strategy: In Search of a Legal Framework – The Italian Tax PerspectiveMarina BisognoPART VRELEVANT LEGAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS FROM OTHER SUSTAINABILITY CONTEXTS14.Environmental Taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers and Policy OptionsElena Belletti15.Implications of Denmark’s Water Price Reform for Riverine and Coastal Surface Water QualityMassimo Pizzol, Maria Molinos-Senante, Hans Thodsen and Mikael Skou Andersen16.Reduction of Biodiversity Harmful Subsidies and Compensatory Payments for Agricultural Pollutants in GermanyKai SchlegelmilchIndex

'A very rich book, to be read by all those who suspect that environmental taxation can accelerate the transition toward a low-carbon society around the world.'--Christian de Perthuis, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, France