Runar Brännlund and Bengt Kriström presents on Västerbottens Kuriren debate a more efficient climate policy that will benefit the climate with each Swedish krona spent.
The debate article is based on the SNS report "Swedish Energy and Environmental Taxation – A Reform Proposal" presented last week where they recommended to go from narrow to wider tax bases and that environmental taxes are only to be used when it is environmentally motivated.
Runar Brännlund continues to question the tax on plastic carrier bags now on Swedish television (SVT.se) and the Dagens Industri paper (only in Swedish).
The EU emissions trading system reform have made it so difficult to understand that reputable economist results are diametrically different regarding its function, writes CERE’s Per-Olov Johansson on Svenska Dagbladet September 24th, 2020.
Sweden has a goal to come out of the pandemic a bit more sustainable and will therefore keep the new tax on plastic carrier bags. A tax CERE’s Runar Brännlund is very sceptic to, something he voiced on Swedish Radio on September 22nd, 2020.
Runar claims that it is uncertain which environmental issue the tax is supposed to be addressing and consequently what effect it has on this unknown issue. He questions the presence of a proper cost-benefit analysis since the tax only cover carrier plastic bags and no other plastic packaging. Which means that the market can increase their pre-packaging without consequence and the amount of plastic could remain the same.
