9 research outputs found
Import-based Indicator for the Geopolitical Supply Risk of Raw Materials in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessments
Economic and environmental effects of the CO2 taxation: an input-output analysis for Spain
CO2 emissions induced by human activities are the major cause of climate change;
hence, strong environmental policy that limits the growing dependence on fossil fuel is
indispensable. Tradable permits and environmental taxes are the usual tools used in CO2
reduction strategies. Such economic tools provide incentives to polluting industries to
reduce their emissions through market signals. The aim of this work is to investigate the
direct and indirect effects of an environmental tax on Spanish products and services. We
apply an environmentally extended input-output (EIO) model to identify CO2 emission
intensities of products and services and, accordingly, we estimate the tax proportional to
these intensities. The short-term price effects are analyzed using an input-output price
model. The effect of tax introduction on consumption prices and its influence on
consumers’ welfare are determined. We also quantify the environmental impacts of such
taxation in terms of the reduction in CO2 emissions. The results, based on the Spanish
economy for the year 2007, show that sectors with relatively poor environmental profile
are subjected to high environmental tax rates. And consequently, applying a CO2 tax on
these sectors, increases production prices and induces a slight increase in consumer
price index and a decrease in private welfare. The revenue from the tax could be used to
counter balance the negative effects on social welfare and also to stimulate the increase
of renewable energy shares in the most impacting sectors. Finally, our analysis
highlights that the environmental and economic goals cannot be met at the same time
with the environmental taxation and this shows the necessity of finding other
(complementary or alternative) measures to ensure both the economic and ecological
efficiencies.
Keywords: CO2 emissions; environmental tax; input-output model, effects of
environmental taxation
Environmental Tax on Products and Services Based on Their Carbon Footprint: A Case Study of the Pulp and Paper Sector
The main aim of this work is to define an environmental tax on products based on their carbon footprint. We examine the relevance of life cycle analysis (LCA) and environmentally extended input-output analysis (EIO) as methodological tools for identifying the emission intensities on which the tax is based. The price effects of the tax and the policy implications of considering non-CO 2 greenhouse gases (GHG) are also analyzed. The results from the case study on pulp production show that the environmental tax rate based on LCA (1.8%) is higher than both EIO approaches (0.8 and 1.4% for product and industry, respectively), but they are of the same order of magnitude. Although LCA is more product specific and provides a more detailed analysis, we recommend EIO as a more relevant approach to applying an economy-wide environmental tax. If an environmental tax were applied to non-CO 2 GHG instead to CO 2 alone, the tax would greatly affects sectors such as agriculture, mining of coal, extraction of peat, and food. Therefore, it is worthwhile for policy-makers to pay attention to the implications of considering either a CO 2 tax or a global GHG emissions tax in order to make their policy measures effective and meaningful. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd
Extending the geopolitical supply risk indicator: application of life cycle sustainability assessment to the petrochemical supply chain of polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fibers
CO2 emissions embodied in international trade: A multiregional Inputoutput model for Spain
Steam Engine Cornishman at Penzance Fair
W. Hancock's Burrell steam traction engine No.1740 'Cornishman' photographed at Penzance Fair, 1906. This photograph also appears in the Dawson collection, 178C30.(x)17 where it is dated 1910 and referenced HB61. Photograph numbered 344