Economists Stiglitz, Stern to chair high-level carbon pricing commission
Renowned economists Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern will chair a new high-level commission tasked with examining how to use carbon pricing to meet the emissions reduction pledges under the Paris Agreement and identifying the social and economic benefits of such an approach.
Read MoreSwiss carbon auction clears at record low
This month’s Swiss carbon allowance auction cleared at a record low, according to the country’s emissions trading registry.
Read MoreAlberta environment minister sees carbon tax increases from 2021 to align with federal rules
Alberta expects to raise its provincial carbon tax rate from 2021 in order to align with the federal government’s nationwide carbon price targets, the province’s environment ministry told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreEurope should hit US with carbon tariffs for Paris withdrawal -Sarkozy
Europe should impose carbon tariffs on American imports if Donald Trump pulls the US out of the Paris Agreement, said Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President and candidate in the country’s upcoming elections.
Read MoreOrganisers re-frame Carbon Expo event to lean towards climate finance
The lead organisers of carbon market conference Carbon Expo have rebranded the event as Innovate4Climate and are suggesting a more featured role for climate finance when it returns next May.
Read MoreCanada to stick to carbon pricing plan despite Trump win, Trudeau says
Donald Trump’s election win will not impact Canada’s plans to implement a nationwide price on carbon emissions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
Read MoreCanada’s Yukon elects pro-carbon pricing premier
A pro-carbon pricing Liberal candidate was elected premier of Canada’s Yukon territory on Monday, ousting former leader Darrell Pasloski, who was a vocal opponent of the federal government’s carbon price plan.
Read MoreGlobal decarb rate edges up in 2015, still well short of 2C requirements -consultants
Carbon intensity among the Group of 20 major economies slightly increased its rate of decline in 2015, a sign that the world is sustaining its trend of decoupling GDP from emissions but at a rate too slow to prevent dangerous warming, an analysis by consultancy PwC found.
Read MoreChina official confirms 2020 carbon tax plan
China is drawing up a proposal to tax carbon emissions from non-ETS sectors and small- and medium-sized enterprises from 2020, a National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) official said in Beijing on Tuesday.
Read MoreUN shipping chief flags gap in climate measures
IMO efforts to regulate shipping’s energy efficiency do not address the sector’s projected demand growth, according to the head of the UN’s maritime agency, giving his clearest indication yet that a separate measure is needed to tackle international shipping’s rising emissions.
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