Shifting taxes in order to achieve green goals
How could shifting the tax burden from labour to pollution and resources help the EU reach its climate goals?
Speakers
Heather Grabbe
Bruegel Senior fellow
Femke Groothuis
President and Wavemaker, ·¡³æ’T²¹³æ
Carola Maggiulli
Head of sector, Environmental, energy, transport taxation and FTT, European Commission, DG TAXUD
Kinga Tchorzewska
Assistant Professor, Kozminski University
Agenda
Check-in and lunch (for on-site participants only)
12:30-13:00Agenda
Introduction
13:00-13:05- Niclas Poitiers, Bruegel Research fellow
Agenda
Presentation of the Ex'Tax project
13:05-13:20- Chair: Niclas Poitiers, Bruegel Research fellow
- Femke Groothuis, President and Wavemaker, ·¡³æ’T²¹³æ
Agenda
Panel discussion
13:20-14:00- Chair: Niclas Poitiers, Bruegel Research fellow
- Heather Grabbe, Bruegel Senior fellow
- Femke Groothuis, President and Wavemaker, ·¡³æ’T²¹³æ
- Kinga Tchorzewska, Assistant Professor, Kozminski University
- Carola Maggiulli
Agenda
Q&A
14:00-14:15Taxation is a key component to fulfilling the EU’s climate goals. To reduce carbon emissions, and achieve a sustainable economy more generally, incentives have to be in alignment with green policy objectives. One of the ways to do this is by shifting the tax burden from labour towards pollution and resources. Hopefully, that would also lead to a decrease in unemployment and to job creation.
In this event, jointly organised with and , we will hear from the creators of the ·¡³æ’T²¹³æ project. They will present their proposal and in the subsequent discussion we will examine the possible implementation with representatives of EU member states.