A Look at Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness

Putting a price on carbon pollution is seen as one of the most powerful and efficient strategies governments and businesses are using to respond to climate change.

The paper explores the impact of carbon pricing on competitiveness. And it says early evidence from advanced economies shows that putting a price on carbon pollution neither curtails industrial growth, nor prompts polluters to move to countries that don’t charge such a price.

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