Sustainable economy
- This paper claims that countries of the North must develop a new model of wealth - one less harmful to the environment and capable of being applied throughout the world. There are reasons to be hopeful they will do so: first, they have the means at their disposal; second, it is a misconception that environmental protection is a cost; and third, there is mounting pressure for change as indicated by air, water and soil quality data. The challenge is to move the emphasis away from end-of-the-pipe pollution control to improving resource productivity. The best way of doing this is through the imposition of "green taxes" to raise resource prices. If governments compensate by cutting other taxes to make the change revenue-neutral, there would beThis paper claims that countries of the North must develop a new model of wealth - one less harmful to the environment and capable of being applied throughout the world. There are reasons to be hopeful they will do so: first, they have the means at their disposal; second, it is a misconception that environmental protection is a cost; and third, there is mounting pressure for change as indicated by air, water and soil quality data. The challenge is to move the emphasis away from end-of-the-pipe pollution control to improving resource productivity. The best way of doing this is through the imposition of "green taxes" to raise resource prices. If governments compensate by cutting other taxes to make the change revenue-neutral, there would be real benefits to the environment and the economy, particularly in developing countries.…
Document Type: | Peer-Reviewed Article |
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Author: | Ernst U. von Weizsäcker |
DOI (citable link): | https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(94)90542-8 |
Year of Publication: | 1994 |
Language: | English |
Source Title (English): | The science of the total environment |
Issue: | 143 |
First Page: | 149 |
Last Page: | 156 |
Divisions: | Präsidialbereich |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 320 Politik |