Fiscal Policies for Achieving Finland’s Emission Neutrality Target

June 25, 2021

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Ian W.H. Parry, and Philippe Wingender. Fiscal Policies for Achieving Finland’s Emission Neutrality Target, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed December 22, 2024

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Summary

Finland has pledged to cut net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2035 and has sectoral targets for deploying electric vehicles, phasing out coal generation, and oil-based space heating. Fiscal policies at the national and sectoral level could play a critical role in achieving these objectives. Carbon dioxide emissions are already priced significantly in Finland but prices vary substantially across fuels and sectors. The paper discusses a reform to both scale up, and progressively harmonize, pricing while using revenues to address equity issues. It also discusses the potential use of revenue-neutral feebate schemes to strengthen mitigation incentives for the transportation, industry, building, forestry, and agricultural sectors.

Subject: Carbon tax, Energy prices, Environment, Greenhouse gas emissions, Non-renewable resources, Prices, Taxes

Keywords: Carbon dioxide emission, Carbon pricing scheme, Carbon tax, Comparing emission reduction, Emission rate, Emission target, Energy prices, Global, Greenhouse gas emissions, Neutrality target, Non-renewable resources

Publication Details

Pages:

48
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2021/171
Stock No:

WPIEA2021171
ISBN:

9781513585543
ISSN:

1018-5941

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