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Polluter pays: How can governments build public support for carbon taxes?

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 31 July 2018 •
Polluter pays: How can governments build public support for carbon taxes?

Study co-authored by Lord Stern argues governments should focus on building public support for strong carbon pricing, rather than limiting themselves to economic arguments

There are signs momentum could be building around the oft-proposed idea of levying an economy-wide tax on carbon emissions, with yet another major report advocating stronger policies to impose a price...

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