BILLAR EZCURRA, MARTA / CAMARA BARROSO, C.
Energy Transition and the green economy are considered key issues atthe political and legal level all around the world, not only today but for the foreseeable future. The transformations needed to achievethis have just begun, and the technological and behavioral changesthis requires is likely to impact most aspects of our day to daylives. Environmental Tax Studies for the Ecological Transitionprovides a wide selection of papers presented at the 19th GlobalConference on Environmental Taxation under the topic "EnvironmentalTax Challenges in the 21st Century: Urban Concentration and Increasing Transport". In particular, in this very timely volume, the articlesdiscuss different aspects of environmental taxes and other economicinstruments in the context of the "ecological transition", a topic ofgreat interest for the scientific community and society as a whole.The book, divided into five parts, contains a range of originalstudies written by scholars and professionals working worldwide in the field of environmental taxation. Economic Instruments and EnergyTransition, Smart Cities and Urban Perspectives, Air Pollution and the Transport Sector, Energy Taxation and Governance and ChallengingIssues are some of the topics addressed in the study. In short, thisbook is meant to be a practical and helpful guide for researchers andpractitioners interested in the theoretical and practical aspects ofenvironmental issues from a fiscal point of view.
