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$100 carbon tax needed to dodge dangerous warming, say experts
Leading economists including Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern suggest carbon prices will need to rise dramatically to hit global climate goals
Businesses and governments call for global carbon price in bid 'to prevent dangerous warming'
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition of more than 200 organisations calls for expansion of carbon pricing to cover 25 per cent of total emissions by 2020
European coal emissions slump 11 per cent
Closure of UK coal plants and switching to gas and renewables has led to a sharp fall in EU greenhouse gas emissions, but analysts fear carbon-savings from industry are 'stalling'
Singapore to introduce carbon tax to curb emissions
Finance minister reveals plans to impose emissions tax by 2019, with initial price set between S$10 and S$20 per tonne
European Parliament approves carbon market reforms
But campaigners warn plans to cancel excess carbon allowances do not go far enough
Republican veterans tout carbon tax plan to Trump
Former Treasury Secretaries to present proposal to the White House designed to harness free market principles to tackle climate risks
Key European Parliament committee moves to boost EU carbon prices
MEPs vote to cancel nearly a billion emissions permits as part of latest reforms to the faltering EU emissions trading scheme
France moots a Thatcherite approach to green growth
Alasdair MacEwen argues victory for Francois Fillon in next year's French election could spell good news for low carbon investors
IFC launches new $152m green bond designed to protect forests
First-of-its-kind forest protection bond gives investors the option of getting repaid in either carbon credits or cash
World Bank: Emissions trading could cut carbon mitigation costs by a third
New analysis finds more international carbon trading could drastically reduce costs of delivering deep emissions cuts
Canada to impose carbon tax from 2018 in bid to hit Paris goals
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces mandatory carbon tax of at least $10 per tonne from 2018, as part of efforts to 'make a real and honest effort' to tackle climate change
300 days on from Paris - time for airlines to come on board
WWF's James Beard argues there has never been a better opportunity to deliver an ambitious international deal for tackling aviation emissions
Government urged to retain price floor, as pressure to reform global carbon taxes mounts
Chancellor Philip Hammond due to set out future for three-year-old carbon price floor in November's Autumn Statement, as OECD exposes persistent 'carbon pricing gap'
China to launch pilot energy trading programme
Scheme designed to cap energy consumption by allocating quotas to companies
How corporate carbon pricing is delivering results
Over 1,200 firms are now either using internal carbon pricing already or plan to do so soon, CDP report reveals, but is it impacting their investment decisions?
Canada prepares to introduce nationwide carbon price
If Canadian provinces fail to effectively regulate carbon emissions national government will impose a carbon price, according to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna
High Ambition Coalition members call for 'robust' aviation emissions deal
EU, Mexico, and Marshall Islands call on International Civil Aviation Organisation to build on Paris Agreement success and 'make history again'
Is a global consensus starting to build around carbon market mechanisms?
UNFCCC meetings in Asia Pacific region and developing countries have recently explored new market approaches towards tackling emissions
How California is channelling carbon market revenues into green vehicles, clean air, and methane reductions
Last-minute deal breaks political stalemate to deliver $900m to programmes to cut greenhouse gases
Reports: Mexico to launch carbon cap-and-trade market pilot
Mexico reportedly set to launch 12-month pilot ETS for up to 60 companies in November ahead of full scheme in 2018
The EU ETS in a post-Brexit world
What does the future have in store for Europe's carbon trading scheme, asks EEF's Nicholas Troja
Trudeau promises to deliver strong carbon price 'right across' Canada
Canadian Prime Minister steps up pressure on provinces to deliver carbon pricing mechanisms
EU carbon price tumbles in wake of Brexit uncertainty
UK's vote to leave the European Union sends shockwaves through carbon markets and prompts fears of EU ETS exit
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