Carbon pricing drives critical transition to green growth [PDF]
Carbon pricing is a crucial tool in the efforts to address and mitigate climate change. In 2014, only 12% of carbon emissions fell under carbon pricing at USD7 per tonne; now, about 23% of greenhouse gas emissions are priced at USD32 per tonne.
Isaak Mengesha, Debraj Roy
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of ex-post evaluations on the effectiveness of carbon pricing [PDF]
Today, more than 70 carbon pricing schemes have been implemented around the globe, but their contributions to emissions reductions remains a subject of heated debate in science and policy.
Niklas Döbbeling-Hildebrandt +14 more
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Carbon Pricing is not Unjust [PDF]
The aim of this perspective is to argue that carbon pricing is not unjust. Two important dimensions of justice are distributive and procedural (sometimes called “participatory”) justice.
Kian Mintz‐Woo
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Environmental Justice and Carbon Pricing: Can They Be Reconciled? [PDF]
Carbon pricing has been criticized by environmental justice advocates on the grounds that it fails to reduce emissions significantly, fails to reduce the disproportionate impacts of hazardous co‐pollutants on people of color and low‐income communities ...
Boyce JK, Ash M, Ranalli B.
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Implementation of carbon pricing in an aging world calls for targeted protection schemes. [PDF]
Understanding the impact of climate fiscal policies on vulnerable groups is a prerequisite for equitable climate mitigation. However, there has been a lack of attention to the impacts of such policies on the elderly, especially the low-income elderly, in
Tian P +7 more
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The impact of carbon pricing, climate financing, and financial literacy on COVID-19 cases: go-for-green healthcare policies. [PDF]
Climate finance and carbon pricing are regarded as sustainable policy mechanisms for mitigating negative environmental externalities via the development of green financing projects and the imposition of taxes on carbon pollution generation.
Khan HUR +5 more
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The role of national carbon pricing in phasing out China's coal power. [PDF]
Summary As the country with the world's largest coal power capacity, China is launching a national carbon market. How the carbon pricing may contribute to phasing out China's coal power is a great concern.
Mo J +8 more
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World carbon pricing database: sources and methods. [PDF]
This note describes the sources and methods used to construct the World Carbon Pricing Database (WCPD). This database contains a harmonized record of the sectoral coverage and prices associated with carbon pricing mechanisms implemented worldwide at the ...
Dolphin G, Xiahou Q.
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Does carbon pricing reduce emissions? A review of ex-post analyses
Carbon pricing has been hailed as an essential component of any sensible climate policy. Internalize the externalities, the logic goes, and polluters will change their behavior. The theory is elegant, but has carbon pricing worked in practice?
Jessica F Green
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Low-carbon transition is improbable without carbon pricing. [PDF]
This Letter has a Reply and related content. Please see: Reply to van den Bergh and Botzen: A clash of paradigms over the role of carbon pricing - September 22, 2020 [and] Opinion: Why carbon pricing is not sufficient to mitigate climate change—and how “sustainability transition policy” can help - April 08, 2020.
van den Bergh J, Botzen W.
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