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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  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes, EMEA, EU ETS, International, US

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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