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Switzerland raises carbon tax by two thirds
Switzerland was one of the numerous countries that missed its Kyoto target for the end of 2012. But now, the country has decided to implement a steep carbon tax in 2014 to make up for lost ground.
Here's another greatly underreported news item from Europe: Effective January 1, 2014, the Swiss will increase their carbon tax from 36 francs to 60 francs per ton of CO2, equivalent to 0.36 and 0.61 US dollars. As the government announced at the beginning of July (press release in German), the revenue will be used for building renovations.
The Swiss had a reduction target of 8 percent below the level of 1990 at the end of 2012, a target it missed by a few percentage points. Switzerland nonetheless performed admirably in comparison to most other industrialized countries, almost all of which failed to meet their relatively unambitious targets. Indeed, only Germany, Austria and the UK had more ambitious targets of 21, 13 and 12.5 percent reductions.
In contrast, Canada withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol altogether when it realized it would not meet its targets. Switzerland's response is thus relatively admirable. As soon as the final figures for 2012 were published, the government reacted....
http://www.renewablesinternational.net/switzerland-raises-carbon-tax-by-two-thirds/150/537/71519/
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Switzerland raises carbon tax by two thirds (Original Post)
kristopher
Jul 2013
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Just to correct their currency conversion - it's from 39 USD to 65 HSD per tonne
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#3
quadrature
(2,049 posts)1. state of Vermont thinks that cars should not have ...
air conditioning, that causes ozone depletion.
state of Hawaii thinks that home heating fuel
should be subject to a special federal tax.
yada yada yada
Nihil
(13,508 posts)2. K & R for news that we wouldn't otherwise have seen.
(This is the stuff that I like to read from you - not re-treads.)
muriel_volestrangler
(101,265 posts)3. Just to correct their currency conversion - it's from 39 USD to 65 HSD per tonne
One Swiss Franc is currently worth $1.08. "0.36 and 0.61 US dollars" per ton would be insignificant.