How high are the consequential costs of climate change, air pollution, over-fertilisation, plastic waste or traffic jams really? A research project has now looked at all the consequential costs of our harmful economic practices. The result is a plea for targeted environmental taxes in Germany to relieve the burden on its citizens.
Researchers from the Copernicus project Ariadne, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economy have now estimated the extent of all external costs for environmental and health damage in Germany. They amount to a figure of between 13 and 19% of Germany's GDP, the experts have now ...