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Taxes we paid
are too often used to finance public projects, which, far
from addressing existing environmental problems, burden the
environment and cause even more environmental damage. On the
other hand, economic instruments such as taxes, if used properly,
can help us make policies that are both environmentally effective
and economically efficient.
JACSES advocates
a green tax reform that integrates environmental considerations
into the economic policymaking, and at the same time, utilizes
economic instruments, especially environmental taxes, to resolve
environmental problems. (Learn
more about Green Tax Reform program...)
What
are Environmental Taxes?
What We Do
What We Have Achieved So Far
Carbon Policy Express
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What are Environmental
Taxes?
Environmental
Taxes are one of the economic instruments to address environmental
problems. Environmental Taxes are designed to provide incentive
to lessen environmental burdens, while the tax revenues
can be either spent on more environmental preservation projects,
or used to cut costs elsewhere (such as labor taxes) and
create double dividend. (Learn more
about Environmental Taxes...)
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Carbon Taxes
A carbon tax is a kind of environmental taxes that is imposed
on the consumption of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and
natural gases. It is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
and combat climate change. (Learn
more about carbon taxes...)
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Local Environmental Taxes
Some environmental taxes are more effective when levied
locally. Local governments in Japan have in recent years
introduced...(Learn more about local
environmental taxes in Japan...)
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What
We Do
JACSES promotes understanding about environmental
taxes and green tax
reform among policy makers, NGOs, academia, industry representatives
and the general public.
JACSES
forms Carbon Tax Research Group with other NGOs in Japan to
advocate the introduction of carbon taxes in Japan; (More
information on Carbon Tax Research Group in Japanese only)
JACSES
recommends improvements in policies, legislation and administrative
procedures to accelerate green tax reforms. (Learn
more about our proposals and books);
JACSES
organizes seminars and symposiums, bringing together policy-makers,
industry representatives, scholars and the general public.(Check
out our events);
JACSES
publishes Carbon Policy Express, a monthly e-mail
magazine, to keep its readers up to date on critical climate
policy developments on both the international and national
levels. (Learn more about
Carbon Policy Express)
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What We Have Achieved So Far
・ To combat global warming and cut waste in government spending,
we proposed to maintain the automobile tax rates as the
road-related tax revenues are diverted for non-road purposes. At
the end of April 2008, the automobile tax rate returned
to the original rate after being temporarily reduced in
March.
・ We have been
pushing for fiscal measures to combat global warming, and
now Japan is considering subsidies for green cars and energy
efficient building renovations.
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