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Video Explainer: Carbon Pricing 101 | |
Marc Hafstead; Justine Sullivan; and Lauren Dunlap | |
2021-06-21 | |
出版年 | 2021 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
英文摘要 | Carbon pricing is a climate policy approach used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in many places around the world. Carbon dioxide, or CO₂, is a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Carbon pricing requires companies and other entities to pay for each ton of CO₂ they release into the atmosphere. There are two main forms of carbon pricing: carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs. A carbon tax is a fixed price that must be paid for every ton of CO₂ emitted into the atmosphere. The tax usually increases over time. It can cover some or all sources of energy-related CO₂ emissions by taxing fuels based on how much carbon they contain, which determines how much CO₂ is emitted when each fuel is burned. A cap-and-trade program limits the total amount of CO₂ that certain facilities can emit. The government issues a limited number of permits called emissions allowances, each of which grants the holder the right to emit one ton of CO₂. By limiting the supply of allowances, the government puts a cap on the sector’s total emissions, which usually decreases each year. Allowances can either be auctioned by the government or given freely to regulated firms, which can then trade allowances amongst themselves. These sales and purchases yield a market price for allowances—the price of one ton of CO₂ emissions. Many economists support carbon pricing because it is an “efficient” climate policy option—meaning it achieves emissions reductions at the lowest possible cost.
When it comes to designing a carbon pricing policy, certain design choices can affect the outcomes of the policy more than others.
Read RFF’s Carbon Pricing explainer series to learn more about carbon pricing, and explore our carbon pricing calculator and bill tracker tools to see how different policies could impact emissions and the economy. Find all of this and more at rff.org/carbonpricing. |
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来源平台 | Resources for the Future |
文献类型 | 科技报告 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/334408 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Marc Hafstead,Justine Sullivan,and Lauren Dunlap. Video Explainer: Carbon Pricing 101,2021. |
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