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Table 5 Carbon taxes, volumes of revenue for recycling, and the resulting changes in recycling mechanisms for the different scenarios

From: Cost distribution and equity of climate policy in Switzerland

  

2035

2050

  

15TPC

10TPC

15TPC

10TPC

Carbon tax

uniform

234–235

336–339

516–517

943–946

(CHF/tCO2)

     

Revenue

uniform/LS

3.19

4.03

3.56

4.47

(billion CHF)

etsDiff/LS

2.89

3.71

3.35

4.05

 

etsUni/LS

3.38

4.31

3.64

4.51

LS: transfers

(CHF)

295–345

379–440

326–353

393–438

LT: reduction

% change

0.7–0.9%

1.0–1.1%

0.7–0.8%

0.9–1.0%

VAT reduction

% change

2.1–2.5%

2.7–3.2%

2.1–2.3%

2.5–2.8%

  1. Note: The ranges of carbon tax rates on the first row cover the different recycling mechanisms LS, LT, and VAT for an economy-wide uniform carbon tax. The ranges of transfers and tax reductions (three bottom rows) cover the different carbon tax schemes uniform, etsDiff, and etsUni