‘Use carbon taxes to make green services free’

Providing these for free would lead to a 13.4% reduction in home emissions and 23.8% reduction in fuel emissions, claims a new study

World Bank: Carbon pricing covers more than a fifth of global greenhouse gases

Carbon pricing instruments generate around $5bn in revenue, representing a 17% increase from last year, however, the full potential of carbon pricing ‘remains largely untapped’

Carbon pricing ‘can cut EU nations’ deficit’

Spain’s economic woes could be eased with more carbon pricing, according to new research which reckons taxing carbon emissions could do more to cut European countries’ deficits than other taxes like VAT. As Spain and other EU countries are struggling to get a grip on spiralling national debts, the new analysis suggests energy and carbon […]