Carbon pricing is becoming increasingly common but raises equity concerns and is frequently perceived as putting higher burdens on the poor than the rich. This chapter discusses the reasons for unequal carbon price burdens across countries and population groups, through the lens of a comparative...

Although economists widely advocate carbon pricing as an effective solution to reduce carbon emissions, this mechanism has had so far limited effects. This paper proposes a new type of tax to help finance (and accelerate) the green transition. The “carbon assets” tax would be levied on...

Wealth distribution and climate risks are two great challenges of our time. This paper proposes a new type of tax to correct the disparity of wealth distribution and help to finance (and accelerate) the green transition. Our proposal is a Carbon-based Wealth Tax (CWT) that should be levied on...