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BC, Alberta CO2 pricing approaches less effective than EU ETS, WCI -study

Published 19:22 on August 14, 2020 / Last updated at 22:48 on August 18, 2020 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), International

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British Columbia’s carbon levy and Alberta’s former output-based pricing system failed to stimulate GHG abatement over their respective histories compared to the success of the EU ETS and the linked California-Quebec WCI cap-and-trade programme, new analysis has found.
British Columbia’s carbon levy and Alberta’s former output-based pricing system failed to stimulate GHG abatement over their respective histories compared to the success of the EU ETS and the linked California-Quebec WCI cap-and-trade programme, new analysis has found.


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