THE SWEDISH TAX ON NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSION – LESSONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY REFORM

OECD ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PAPER

DICEMBRE 2013

Secretary-General of the OECD

 

《Sweden was facing a serious soil acidification and water eutrophication problem caused partly by emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from combustion processes in transport, industry and power.

In 1992, Sweden introduced a high tax on NOx emissions from large combustion sources (e.g. power plants, industrial plants, waste incinerators). The tax was accompanied by a refund according to the amount of energy generated. This ensures that facilities with low NOx emission intensitites are net beneficiaries of the scheme. Continuous monitoring of emissions was also made mandatory. The tax was designed to accelerate and stimulate investment in advanced combustion and pollution-abatement technologies…

IL RECUPERO E LA RIQUALIFICAZIONE ENERGETICA DEL PATRIMONIO EDILIZIO

CAMERA DEI DEPUTATI – XVII LEGISLATURA

NOVEMBRE 2013

dossier predisposto dal Servizio Studi – Dipartimento ambiente in collaborazione con l’istituto di ricerca CRESME

《Il documento intende fornire una stima dell’impatto economico delle detrazioni fiscali per il recupero e la ristrutturazione edilizia, nonché la riqualificazione energetica del patrimonio edilizio.

Le predette agevolazioni dispiegano rispettivamente i propri effetti nel mercato dal 1998 e dal 2007 e la loro applicabilità è stata oggetto di numerose proroghe nel corso degli anni, nonché di modifiche che hanno inciso sulle aliquote, sui limiti massimi di spesa, sulle … 》

REDRAWING THE ENERGY-CLIMATE MAP

World Energy Outlook Special Report

GIUGNO 2013

a cura di IEA | International Energy Agency

 

Governments have decided collectively that the world needs to limit the average global temperature increase to no more than 2 oC and international negotiations are engaged to that end. Yet any resulting agreement will not emerge before 2015 and new legal obligations will not begin before 2020. Meanwhile, despite many countries taking new actions, the world is
drifting further and further from the track it needs to follow.
The energy sector is the single largest source of climate-changing greenhouse-gas emissions and limiting these is an essential focus of action….