The workshop focused on environmental taxes and their application in the energy domain. As practical applications by different countries have been quite heterogeneous, a first panel was devoted to describe the experiences in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany. This was followed by a general discussion on environmental taxes within fiscal, energy and environmental policies. The workshop provided a rich view from different stakeholders: private firms, public administrations and academia.


Program


Presentation of the workshop
Eloy Álvarez, (Orkestra)
Xavier Labandeira (Economics for Energy)
Xabier Garmendia (Basque Government)

Environmental Taxation: Cases and experiences
Moderator: Eloy Álvarez (Orkestra)
Environmental taxes: economic principles and the UK experience, Andrew Leicester (IFS)
The French carbon tax, Henri Lamotte (Ministry of Economy and Finances, France)
Energy and environmental taxation, Carbon and environmental taxes in Germany, Constanze Adolf (GBE)

Environmental taxes and the framework of fiscal, energy, and environmental policies I
Moderator: Representative of Government of Gipuzkoa
Environmental and innovation policy instruments, Michelle Harding (OECD)
From shadow to green: linking environmental fiscal reforms and the informal economy, Anil Markandya (BC3)
Spanish environmental taxation in an energy context, Patxi Calleja (Iberdrola)

Environmental taxes  and the framework of fiscal, energy, and environmental policies II
Moderator: Xavier Labandeira (Economics for Energy)
Environmental energy taxes and fiscal reforms, Alberto Gago (University of Vigo)
Fuel taxes and attenuation of climate change, Isabel Martínez (Repsol)
Business taxation and environmental policy in Bizkaia, María Uribe (Government of Bizkaia)
The fiscal situation in Spain and the role of the environmental taxes, Nuria Badenes (IEF)

Summary and clousure of the workshop
Xavier Labandeira (Economics for Energy)
Eloy Álvarez (Orkestra)
María Manuela Escribano (Basque Government)