L’écofiscalité comme outil de résilience et d’adaptation aux changements climatiques
Do ecofiscal measures exist that can contribute to the protection of natural areas in the St. Lawrence Lowlands and thus improve resilience and adaptation to climate change and the preservation of habitats for wildlife and plant species of precarious status? To answer this question, a CIRANO study (Meloche et al., 2023) proposes and analyzes two eco-tax tools based on the ecological footprint of land use: a tax and a subsidy. The authors show that in urban environments, the tax tool offers interesting potential for improving the protection of natural spaces. In agricultural areas, on the other hand, the tool works less well. As for subsidies, they are not very effective in protecting natural areas. In any case, the low level of public support shows that the road to eco-taxation in Quebec is still strewn with pitfalls.
