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South Africa plans to implement a carbon tax as a greenhouse gas mitigation measure. Companies therefore need to prepare for the consequences which the proposed tax will have on their operations. At present, the landscape is overburdened by a large quantity of information intended to support the carbon tax, yet specific guidance is limited. This creates uncertainty for stakeholders. In this paper,...
An equilibrium model of the energy market is extended by a carbon emissions market. In addition, the mix of renewable energy sources is optimized given a limit on total generation. These two new features are integrated into an existing model to assess the effects of a carbon emissions market in a case study of the northern European power system. First, a fixed carbon emissions tax is deployed, revealing...
With the purpose of resolving the contradiction between economic growth and environmental deterioration, this paper, using carbon emission as an example, analyzes the critical factors in current industry policies, builds a model for system dynamics, simulates the impacts of different policies on the economy, energy and environment under various scenarios, and gives suggestions on the optimal design...
As the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme has, up to date, had little impact on the reduction of CO2 emissions in Europe, direct carbon taxes have been proposed. In this work, high spatial and temporal resolution optimal power flow simulations are conducted to assess the impact of carbon taxes on the inter-connected power system in central Europe. As both individual transmission lines and individual power...
A major challenge facing policy makers in climate policy design is how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the lowest cost to the economy. The interactions of climate change policies with the tax system become relevant in this context. This paper investigates these interactions, by analyzing the impacts, both at the macroeconomic and sectoral levels, of the distinct redistribution of carbon tax...
The business environment becomes increasingly competitive. More and more companies are cautious about their environmental performance and willing to fulfill their social responsibilities. In this paper, we propose taxonomy of green policies that are particularly relevant and explicitly targeted at corporate greenhouse gases emissions reduction. The taxonomy includes environmental taxes, tradable emissions...
In recent years, with disasters such as global warming, extreme weather occurring frequently, environmental consciousness of human beings increase gradually. Governments introduced policies to support low-carbon economy and there have no doubt that it will provide a good opportunity for the low-carbon economy. China emitting lots of carbon every year has set low carbon as one of strategic goals and...
Energy saving and emission reduction is inevitable to Implement scientific development, To release the pressure from Energy and Environment, and to achieve sustainable development. Taxing on carbon may have certain negative effect on our economics, but it contributes to our energy conservation and emission reduction plan, and to constructing an environment-friendly society. In view of the features...
Environmental taxation system generally refers to all taxes imposed in order to achieve certain environmental objectives. To introduce a carbon tax is imperative in China because it will perfect China's environmental taxation system, mitigate China's pressure of CO2 emission, establish the image of China as a responsible power, change China's economic growth pattern, and respond to the international...
With the global warming, how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of CO2 mainly has become the focus of global discussion. Many economists proposed that if carbon tax is imposed according to the carbon content of traditional fossil fuel used in production, it will reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In fact, some countries have started to practice. The paper uses Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) to analyze...
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