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Carbon prices are needed to incorporate climate change costs into economic decision making. Carbon pricing should be … instruments and investments (for example, public transport, power transmission infrastructure) are needed to complement carbon … pricing and to enable consumers to respond to higher prices by switching to lower emission alternatives. A carbon tax can be …
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Stakeholder and public support are critical for an enduring and robust carbon pricing policy. How jurisdictions … communicate their carbon pricing policy plays a key role in creating and maintaining that support. Drawing on case studies …, research and best practice, the report provides guidance on designing and implementing effective carbon pricing communications …
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Carbon pricing is increasingly recognized as an important source of government revenue. Carbon revenues can be crucial …. How carbon revenues are used and how these uses are communicated are also critical for public and stakeholder … acceptability of carbon pricing. This report provides practical guidance on using carbon revenues by helping policymakers understand …
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gas emissions and has taken the first steps to implementing comprehensive carbon pricing. This report explores some of the … complexities involved in implementing carbon pricing. It finds that Thailand has already taken some of the most difficult steps in … setting up a comprehensive carbon pricing policy instrument. Important questions remain to be addressed about what form carbon …
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Carbon taxes can be win-win for Bangladesh. They can help show the world that Bangladesh is serious about climate … promised during the COP-21. They can play a role in nudging Bangladesh's growth to a lower carbon and cleaner path, helping to … the additional resources can be used to reduce taxes on labor or firms. Carbon taxes are much simpler to implement than …
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(GHG) emissions in 2013, and that numbercould grow by 50 percent by 2050 if current trends continue. In 2015, world leaders … urban dwellers will live in Africa and Asia. The world's urban areas wereresponsible for around 70 percent of greenhouse gas …' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) mention urban action. More than 70 percent of the global low emissions and climate …
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This working paper commissioned by the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice (GCCMI) critically examines … trading carbon assets across borders. Trade in carbon assets can help reduce the costs of mitigation and facilitate emissions … experience with carbon markets under the Kyoto protocol. The de facto end of the Kyoto Protocol and heralding of the Paris …
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Carbon markets under the Paris Agreement are expected to differ substantially from those that emerged under the Kyoto …), international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are expected to have bottom-up linkages that could create an …
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This study delivers evidence of the main causes of premature deaths from air pollution in Almaty and Nur-Sultan, two … prepared for a low-carbon future. The report provides high-level roadmaps for integrated air quality management and climate …
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