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The climate change challenge and fiscal instruments and policies in the EU

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  • Avgousti, Aris
  • Caprioli, Francesco
  • Caracciolo, Giacomo
  • Cochard, Marion
  • Dallari, Pietro
  • Delgado-Téllez, Mar
  • Domingues, João
  • Ferdinandusse, Marien
  • Filip, Daniela
  • Nerlich, Carolin
  • Prammer, Doris
  • Schmidt, Katja
  • Theofilakou, Anastasia

Abstract

Fiscal policy plays a prominent role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. An optimal combination of revenue policies, in particular taxes, and expenditure policies, such as subsidies and investment, is essential in order to achieve greenhouse gas emissions targets. This paper analyses the main fiscal instruments in place in European Union Member States, focusing on specific issues, such as the fiscal impact of extreme weather events, the interaction between debt sustainability and climate change, the green investment gap and the distributional impact of climate policies. The paper aims to provide an overview of existing fiscal policies and of the main fiscal challenges for a comprehensive European climate change strategy. JEL Classification: H2, H5, H6, Q54, Q58, D63

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  • Avgousti, Aris & Caprioli, Francesco & Caracciolo, Giacomo & Cochard, Marion & Dallari, Pietro & Delgado-Téllez, Mar & Domingues, João & Ferdinandusse, Marien & Filip, Daniela & Nerlich, Carolin & Pra, 2023. "The climate change challenge and fiscal instruments and policies in the EU," Occasional Paper Series 315, European Central Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecb:ecbops:2023315
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    Keywords

    carbon tax; climate change; debt sustainability; extreme weather events; green investment; redistribution;
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    JEL classification:

    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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