Fiscal incentives to advance sound management of chemicals and sustainable chemistry Review Paper for the Global Chemicals Outlook II January 2019 Daniel Slunge and Francisco Alpizar 1 Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations Environment Programme concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Moreover, the views expressed do not necessarily represent the decision or the stated policy of the United Nations Environment Programme, nor does citing of trade names or commercial processes constitute endorsement. 1 This review paper was commissioned by UN Environment as an input to the Global Chemicals Outlook II report. It was written by a team of researchers in economics within the Environment for Development Initiative (http://www.efdinitiative.org). The authors were Dr Daniel Slunge, the Centre for Future chemical Risk Assessment and Management strategies at the University of Gothenburg (www.fram.gu.se ), Sweden and Dr Francisco Alpizar, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Costa Rica. Other team members providing input and review comments were Dr Xiaobing Zang, Renmin University, China; Utkarsh Kumar, Indian Statistical Institute, India; Dr Matías Pagio, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Costa Rica; Dr Razack Lokina, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Jane Turpie, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Dr Lina Lindahl, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden and Dr Thomas Sterner, Dr Jessica Coria, Olof Drakenberg and Maria Göthberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The review paper has also benefited from comments from Dr Christoph Rheinberger at the European Chemicals Agency and Dr Joy Aeree Kim, UN Environment. Comments and questions can be sent to daniel.slunge@gu.se.