ecotaxes
Pollution penalty payments
Ecotaxes are taxes designed to discourage environmentally harmful activities—levies on carbon emissions, pollution, or resource depletion.
The idea is to make the price of goods reflect their true environmental cost: Ecotaxes on plastic bags reduced usage dramatically.
Also called green taxes or environmental taxes.
Market-based pollution control
- green bondsLoans for environmental projects
- cap-and-tradeMarket-based pollution control
- congestion chargeFee for entering busy areas
Emissions that trap heat
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- climate mitigationReducing global warming's drivers
- climate adaptationAdjusting to environmental shifts
- energy transitionShift to sustainable power
carbon offset · decarbonization · emissions reduction · net-zero · carbon neutrality
Capital directed toward sustainability
- clean technologyEnvironmentally conscious industrial solutions
- disincentivesThings discouraging action
- behavior changeShift in conduct
- market signalsInformation from trading activity
emissions trading
Market-based pollution control
- green bondsLoans for environmental projects
- cap-and-tradeMarket-based pollution control
- congestion chargeFee for entering busy areas
greenhouse gases
Emissions that trap heat
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- climate mitigationReducing global warming's drivers
- climate adaptationAdjusting to environmental shifts
energy transition · carbon offset · decarbonization · emissions reduction · net-zero · carbon neutrality
green investment
Capital directed toward sustainability
- clean technologyEnvironmentally conscious industrial solutions
- disincentivesThings discouraging action
- behavior changeShift in conduct
earmarking
Allocating for specific purpose
ecotaxestax breaks
Reductions in owed levies
subsidies · tax credits · tax incentives · grants · rebates
ecotaxesderegulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
laissez-faire · non-intervention · self-regulation · cap and trade