Making Markets Work for Environmental Policies

Colophon

Title:
Making Markets Work for Environmental Policies

Subtitle:
Achieving Cost-effective Solutions

Summary:
Making markets work for environmental policies means that market-oriented instruments are used to solve environmental problems, more than we did in the past. In doing so, we must ensure that the price of goods reflects the costs to the society resulting from the manufacture, distribution and disposal of the goods. The government will use the market instruments and the principle of cost-effectiveness in environmental policies. The report presents three main courses of action: economic instruments, the market for cleaner products, and technological development and innovation. The report is an important step, and the start of the process towards governance via more flexible framework conditions, in which major environmental issues are evaluated to see whether efforts can be more cost-effective. The government's climate strategy is one example, and others, like waste, water and chemicals, will follow.

Abstract in Danish:
Grøn markedsøkonomi betyder, at markedsorienterede virkemidler
i højere grad end tidligere bruges til at løse miljøopgaverne.
Udgangspunktet er, at varernes priser så vidt muligt afspejler
de samfundsmæssige omkostninger forbundet med at fremstille,
distribuere og bortskaffe varerne. Regeringen vil konsekvent
anvende markedsmekanismerne og princippet om mere miljø for
pengene i sin miljøpolitik

Supplementary notes:
Translation of "Grøn Markedsøkonomi" (The Danish Government, 2003)

Publisher:
Miljøstyrelsen

Author/copyright:
The Danish Government

Other contributors:
Ministry of the Environment; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs; Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation; Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries; Ministry of Taxation; Ministry of Transport

Language:
eng

URL:
http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/Publikationer/2003/87-7972-852-9/html/

Digital ISBN:
87-7972-852-9

Version:
1

Version/edition:
08-07-2003

Data formats:
html,htm,jpg,gif,pdf,css,js

Publisher category:
statslig

Key subjects:
økonomisk vurdering; markedsforhold; effektivitet; omkostninger