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Leitfaden zur Kosten-Nutzen-Abschätzung umweltrelevanter Effekte in der Gesetzesfolgenabschätzung

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Porsch, Lucas et al. 2014: Leitfaden zur Kosten-Nutzen-Abschätzung umweltrelevanter Effekte in der Gesetzesfolgenabschätzung. Ecologic Institut, INFRAS, IER Universität Stuttgart, Dessau-Roßlau, commissioned. ISSN: 1862-4804

Impacts of environmental policy often only occur in the long term and there is no market price to value them. How can costs and benefits of these measures be evaluated and compared anyway? This working guide provides support for legislation impact assessment and supports the quantification of the impacts of environmental policies on environment and economy. The guide is available for download.

The guidance covers two areas of impacts that are especially relevant for an impact assessment of environmental policy:

  • environmental damages saved by environmental policies (e.g. toxic emissions, noise emissions, greenhouse gas emissions)
  • impacts on the total economy (e.g. social security payments, goods and service taxes, remunerations)

The guide is available for download [pdf, 850 KB, German].

While it is relatively easy to quantify the costs of environmental policy, it is far more difficult to quantify its benefits.

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German
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Lucas Porsch
Daniel Sutter (INFRAS)
Markus Maibach (INFRAS)
Philipp Preiss (IER Universität Stuttgart)
Wolf Müller (IER Universität Stuttgart)
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Keywords
guidance, impact assessment, environmentally relevant impacts, cost-benefit-analysis, environmental damages
ProjectValuation of the Impacts of Environmental Policies
 
Valuation of the Impacts of Environmental Policies
Very often it is easier to quantify the costs of environmental policies than the benefits. The Ecologic Institute leads a consortium to develop guidance and a tool for employees of environmental agencies, which enables them to quantify the environmental and other... Read more

Valuation of the Impacts of Environmental Policies

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Source URL: https://www.ecologic.eu/11153