"Petrie sets out, clearly and compellingly, institutional structures to support the development of the tax and other policies needed to turn glib promises into reality." -Michael Keen, Former Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund; Founding Editor, International Tax and Public Finance "Petrie shows how and why environmental considerations can be brought into the heart of economic policy making. A must read for all economic and environmental policy advisers." -Jonathan Boston, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

'This is the clearest guide for civil society activists to transparency and accountability of governments for environmental stewardship.' -Vivek Ramkumar, Senior Director of Policy, International Budget Partnership

This book addresses the increasingly urgent question: 'How can governments be held more accountable for environmental stewardship?' It explores enhancednational State of the Environment reporting and integration of environmental outcomes in key national indicators; mainstreaming environmental goals, targets, and risks by integrating them in fiscal policy and the annual budget, a government's most powerful policy instrument; and progressively exposing and eliminating harmful tax and expenditures policies, putting a price on pollution, and providing environmental public goods.

The book combines in-depth assessment of the latest green and climate budgeting literature and country practices with discussion of entry points for greening fiscal policy, and the role of civil society monitoring. It will be of interest to finance and budget officials, to environment agencies, oversight institutions, international organizations, and civil society organizations, and to academics and students in the fields of environmental studies, development studies, economics, public finance, and public policy.

Murray Petrie has wide experience as a public official, international civil servant, consultant, civil society activist, and academic researcher in public sector governance, financial management, and the interface between fiscal policy and the environment. He has published widely in these areas and is a member of the IMF's Panel of Fiscal Experts and the OECD Expert Group on Green Budgeting.

Autorentext

Murray Petrie has wide experience as a public official, international civil servant, consultant, civil society activist, and academic researcher in public sector governance, financial management, and the interface between fiscal policy and the environment. He has published widely in these areas and is a member of the IMF's Panel of Fiscal Experts and the OECD Expert Group on Green Budgeting.

Zusammenfassung

This book addresses the increasingly urgent question: How can governments be made more accountable for the quality of their environmental stewardship?

It explores:

• Enhanced national State of the Environment reporting and integration of environmental outcomes in key national indicators.
• Mainstreaming environmental goals, targets, and risks by integrating them in fiscal policy and the annual budgeta government's most important policy instrument.
• Promoting sustainability by progressively exposing and eliminating harmful tax and expenditure policies, putting a price on pollution, and providing environmental public goods.
• Civil society environmental monitoring.

The book combines in-depth assessment of the latest climate/green budgeting literature and country practices with discussion of how to implement green fiscal policies. The framework is deliberately ambitious given the severity, scale, and urgency of climate change and biodiversity loss.

The book will be of interest to ministry of finance, budget, and planning officials, to environment sector agencies, oversight institutions, international organizations, civil society organizations, and to academics and students in the fields of environmental studies, development studies, economics, public finance, and public policy.

Inhalt

1.Introduction.- 2. National State of Environment Reporting (SoER).- 3. Integrating environmental targets into government strategy and fiscal policy.- 4. The environmental impacts of fiscal policies.- 5. The fiscal impacts of environmental degradation.- 6. Green budgeting.- 7. Environmental stewardship and the private sector.- 8. Comprehensive environmental accountability framework.