Environmental Taxation: Importance and International and National Experiences of its Application

This research aims to study taxation as incentives for environmental protection. It is a study that explores, through national and international experiences, the mechanisms of taxation application to achieve this end. The present research was carried out by means of a bibliographic review through periodicals, conpedios and theses of the most significant authors in the area of Environmental taxation. In the end, it was understood that even though it is an important mechanism of behavioral change, it is little used in Brazil.