Environmental Financial Reform

With an environmental financial reform, we are using fiscal policy and taxation to redirect towards a sustainable and fair economy and society - by reducing subsidies that harm the environment and society, by placing our tax system on a broader basis and by making the consumption of resources and the burden on the climate more expensive. The additional revenue should be used sustainably for investments in the future and social justice. 

 


ANSPRECHPARTNER
Holger Bär

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Publicationtitle

Follow-up costs of lignite mining: Ensuring financing in line with the polluter pays principle

Publicationtype Policy Brief
Publicationabstract

The accelerated phase-out from coal and the tense economic situation for lignite-fired power plants make it clear that hedging the financial risks is more urgent than ever before. However, the "precautionary agreements" signed in Brandenburg and Saxony are not suitable for this purpose.

Instead, security deposits and improved corporate liability must ensure that the polluters also pay for the follow-up costs of lignite mining.

Authors
Swantje Fiedler, Isabel Schrems
Topics
Energie
Publicationdate 2019
Publicationfile 2019-11-GBG-Lignite-Follow-up-costs.pdf