There are lessons from the EU’s highly financialised cap-and-trade market.
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Offsetting greenhouse gas emissions can be an effective tool for limiting global warming. But many offset projects fail to meet their GHG reduction targets.
Look for hidden trade-offs, political contributions and what businesses are not telling you.
Already lacking the means to decarbonise their industry or turn to greener alternatives, poor countries could also be deprived of revenues from exports to Europe.
Climate bills in Australia and the US promise progress without carbon taxes or markets. Here’s why.
In setting new tax on the carbon emissions of goods being imported into the bloc, there are two potential disasters for EU to avoid.
The Paris climate change agreement aims to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures — and the federal carbon pricing plan was meant to help Canada meet its commitments.
In the aftermath of the election, what is striking about many of the policy positions of Canada’s federal parties is their timidity, especially when it comes to climate change.
California’s new plan to fight global climate change is innovative. But it raises tricky ethical questions with no easy answers.
Conservatives worldwide favor carbon pricing, cap-and-trade systems and other innovative environmental plans – just not in the United States.
Climate change could take centre stage during Canada’s federal election.
A ruling by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal recognizes the threat of climate change, but its approach is too narrow.
By making people confront the scale of the climate challenge, the Green New Deal is a great leap forward.
Millions of people worldwide are either indifferent to a carbon tax or opposed. If citizens were motivated by potential carbon dividends, maybe politicians would finally take action on climate change.
But many new governors and members of Congress intend to take action on climate change.
These policies, which are designed to slow the pace of climate change, don’t have to cost taxpayers, and they do not appear to hinder economic growth.
There are some good explanations for the mismatch between regional support for climate action and the areas where renewable energy is making the biggest inroads.
Explaining how carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems work is simpler than figuring out how high those taxes and caps should be.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems intent on dismantling the previous government’s energy strategy. But that may not protect consumers.
Ontario and Saskatchewan are vociferously fighting the federal government’s carbon tax efforts. But rather than back down, Ottawa should embrace a simple, fair and transparent “carbon dividend.”
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Full Professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Adjunct professor, Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
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Gutsgell Professor of Finance, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Senior Project Manager, Ford School's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP); Project Manager, National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE), University of Michigan
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Adjunct Professor, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Economics, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Sustainability Sciences and Director, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Adjunct professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University