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Can tax help protect the environment?

Can tax help protect the environment?

Purpose:
Students should understand what environmental taxes are and how they support the protection of the environment.

 

Objectives:
Identify the actions that produce damage to the environment and how they can be prevented.
Explain what environmental taxes are.
Identify the types of environmental taxes.

 

The content of this training course: 
  - is of general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity;
  - does not provide professional or legal advice;
  - is valid as of the date of its publication. Updated VAT rates can be consulted on EUROPA.
Only European Union legislation published in the Official Journal of the European Union is deemed authentic.

 

Materials:
Micro-clip “Can taxes help protect the environment?”
Interactive whiteboard (or just an LCD projector)

 

Vocabulary:
taxes, environment, pollution

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