Stefan Speck is working at the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen. He holds a PhD in economics from Keele University in England. His work at the EEA is on the application of market-based instruments (MBIs) for environmental policy, environmental fiscal reform and the green economy.He published widely on environmental fiscal reform and green economy; he was co-editor of the books Environmental Fiscal Mechanism and Reform for Low Carbon Development: East Asia and Europe (2013), Environmental Tax Reform: A Policy for Green Growth (2011) and was responsible for the EEA reports Towards a green economy in Europe EU environmental policy targets and objectives 2010-2050 (2013) and Resource-efficient green economy and EU policies (2014).