Human Development Report - Croatia 2008 Evaluation of Current Activities to Mitigate Climate Change – Institutional Analysis^225encourage the use of sustainable transport. Green Ac-
tion has recently begun a campaign focused on urban
planning, while INA has developed a public relations
campaign entitled “Save More than just Fuel” focused
on fuel-efficient driving habits. The Croatian Auto
Club (HAK), Croatia’s largest membership organisation
for drivers, is currently undertaking a campaign called
“Make Cars Green” to encourage drivers to change
their behaviour and drive more efficiently. The city
of Zagreb (where almost a fifth of all Croatians live) is
also running an awareness raising campaign on the
benefits of alternative transportation, which includes
the “European Week of Mobility.”
Overall, the Croatian public is relatively well aware
of climate change issues and indicates at least some
willingness to act. Almost 90% of respondents to the
public opinion poll commissioned for this Report (see
Chapter 2) expressed a willingness to use environ-
mentally sustainable transportation and over 86%
expressing a willingness to cut down on electricity
consumption. The next step is to teach people how to
reduce their carbon footprint and to make it easy for
them to do so.
13.4. Financing mitigation:
involvement of businesses and
larger emittersIn order to reduce the GHG emissions that cause glob-
al warming and climate change financial resources
must be made available and earmarked for emissions
reductions measures. This can be done by engaging
the business community as well as pricing carbon to
yield a financial benefit for reductions.
Croatian industries are already involved in climate
change issues as a result of the national carbon fee
introduced in July, 2007.^17 This form of carbon pricing
was identified as an important step towards reducing
emissions by UNDP’s Global Human Development
Report, as well as the Stern Review of the Economics
of Climate Change.^18 The 2007/2008 Human Develop-
ment Report recommends an initial fee of between
EUR 7 and 13, increasing to EUR 40 over time, with this
revenue being used to reduce taxes on labour and in-
vestments and to develop incentives for low carbon
technology.^19 While this level of taxation may be de-Type of Fee Amount of Fee Total Fees Collected
Motor vehicle
emissions fee- 88-150 HRK per year (EUR 12-20) – depending
on the size of the engine and age of vehicle- 2007 – expected HRK 202 million (EUR 27.7 million)
- Expected to generate over EUR 35 million per year
in carbon fees.
Carbon fees on
industry
- 14 HRK (EUR 2) per tonne
- Will become 18 HRK (EUR 2.50) in 2009.
- 2007 – expected HRK 53.3 million (EUR 7.3 million)
Table 13-4: Summary of the types of fees related to carbon, which is allocated to the Environmental Protection and Energy
Efficiency Fund