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Published: 2002

Charging the use of global commons

What are politically viable means of establishing global user charges?
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In this special report, the Council makes recommendations for a politically viable implementation of the concept of global user charges for three specific areas of application:
  • charges on the use of airspace by aviation
  • charges on the use of the oceans by shipping,
  • payments for non utilisation obligations

The article recommends:

  • introduction of global user charges in order to gain both an environmental incentive effect and a financing effect
  • using the revenue generated by global user charges as truly additional financial resources for the financing of global sustainability policy
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