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Carbon pricing is an instrument that captures the external costs of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—the costs of emissions that the public pays for, such as damage to crops, health care costs from...
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"What is embodied carbon?"
In this video animation, learn what embodied carbon is, the importance of addressing it, and the key actions being called for to address it.
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The benefits of carbon pricing are very significant. It is one of the strongest policy instruments available for tackling climate change. It has the potential to decarbonize the world’s economic...
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Carbon pricing is increasingly recognized as an important source of government revenue. Carbon revenues can be crucial in supporting cost-effective climate mitigation, industrial competitiveness and...
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Evidence suggests that an economical way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is through the use of carbon pricing instruments. Explicit carbon pricing mechanisms fall into three categories: cap &...
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Designing and implementing carbon pricing can prove challenging – both technically and politically. A strategic communication plan for building support and managing risk – within the government,...
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What is the “Shadow Price of Carbon”? What does the 2017 updated
guidance note recommend? Which projects should use it in the economic
analysis? How do GHG accounting and Shadow...
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A low-carbon industry project in Bangladesh is aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of the country’s export processing zones (EPZs). The goal is to assist the government in establishing guidelines...
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Carbon pricing is an approach that uses market mechanisms to reduce emissions leading to climate change mitigation and fosters national and international climate action. Putting a price on carbon, is...
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Carbon finance is an important tool for mitigating climate change. A key challenge however is to ensure that carbon finance operations combine development dividends with emission reductions. This...
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Leaders from across government and business are speaking out in support of a price on carbon. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, British Columbia Premier...
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"Basic building blocks of how to design and run a carbon tax"
Putting a tax on carbon emissions incentivizes companies and consumers to reduce their emissions, raises revenue for government and...
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Economists often recommend fuel taxes to curb greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles in cities. But the effectiveness of these taxes depends heavily on other factors, like the availability of...
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Carbon markets are important for mobilising financings needed to address the challenges of mitigating climate change. Carbon trading has grown significantly in the recent years, however, few products...
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55% of carbon in Amazon is in indigenous territories and protected lands, and much of it at risk. In this webinar, coauthors of the paper Forest carbon in Amazonia: the unrecognized contribution of...
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Developing countries will be increasingly important players in the quest to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. By 2035, non-OECD countries will account for 66 percent of primary energy demand and...
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In December 2013, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund's Methodological Framework was approved by Carbon Fund Participants. It will guide the development of large-scale REDD+...
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"Domestic carbon pricing initiatives have been strengthened as jurisdictions around the world adopt more ambitious mitigation targets and introduce associated policy tools."
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The number of carbon pricing initiatives around the world continues to increase. Furthermore, existing systems have progressively strengthened as jurisdictions assess their policies to better align...
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Climate change poses a fundamental threat to development. Current weather extremes, including storms, floods and drought, affect millions of people across the world. This is the make or break decade...
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