ENVIRON 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Anthracite, Energy Tax, Global Warming Solutions Act Of 2006
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Tax incentives: korea, brazil tax exemptions for biofuels. Feed-in tariffs: india, china feed-in tariffs for electricity from renewable energy sources (res) Preferential financing: brazil national development bank financing for electricity production from. Korea credit guarantee funds for green technologies. Emissions tax: south africa tax on high co2-emitting motor vehicles and electricity from non-res. Reduction or removal of high carbon taxes and subsidies: Korea removal of price support for anthracite coal production. Differentiated pricing: china higher industrial electricity prices for more energy-intensive enterprises. Energy efficiency and renewable energy target-based: india energy intensity-based cap-and-trade for industry and tradable renewable energy certificates. Cap-and-trade: korea emission trading legislation; china pilot emission trading systems. Emissions trading: market-based climate mitigation policies in emerging economies center for climate. Market-based instruments: cap-and-trade & ghg (carbon) tax. Both establish a price for ghg emissions. Both address environmental damages in the market price. Key objectives: environmental integrity, cost-effectiveness, and distributional equity, and political considerations.
