Carbon tax

Higher carbon prices are good news for green investment as well as the climate, writes Climate Focus' Darragh Conway

Plus India goes big on green hydrogen, historic Paris to go car-free, and more of the top green business news from around the world this week

The UK government should increase tax on things we want less of - such as pollution - and reduce tax on things we want more of - such as jobs - explains Eunomia's Chris Sherrington

Overhaul of the tax and VAT regime to help drive greener behaviours, products and services strongly favoured by poll respondents and citizen's jurors

Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment explores the challenges and benefits of redistributing the proceeds of a carbon tax

Current piecemeal approach to carbon pricing threatens progress towards global climate goals, Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance argues

Undercover investigation from Greenpeace dupes oil and gas executives into detailing firm’s efforts to sabotage tougher US climate legislation

51.6 per cent of voters strike down federal government’s plans to hike taxes on petrol diesel, heating oil and natural gas

Environmental Audit Committee Chair Philip Dunne talks to BusinessGreen about the need for 'a tax system fit for net zero Britain' and the right time to judge whether the government has delivered on its green recovery promises

Carbon taxes can work well in some parts of the economy, but are not always the right mechanism, writes Energy Systems Catapult chief executive Philip New