Carbon tax

Once rarely mentioned in polite company, the idea of putting a price on carbon is now a rallying cry among businesses

Bill McKibben, Kumi Naidoo and Naomi Klein among 60 campaigners calling for introduction of global levy on fossil fuel extraction

Innovator tells Sorbonne students that failing to price in damage done by carbon pollution is a $5.3tn a year subsidy for the fossil fuel industry

With three weeks to go before COP21, ministers gather in Paris to thrash out differences over global climate deal

Proportion of UK income from carbon pricing should be used for wider government projects, according to new LSE report

EEF's Richard Warren argues the government's review of carbon taxes offers the perfect opportunity to mobilise much needed investment in industrial energy efficiency through a relatively simple tax break

Erna Solberg says governments must create predictable framework and a clear direction for low carbon investment

Government should abandon green taxes in favour of incentives to create a 'bold new' emissions reduction policy, argues EEF

Utility blames 'high carbon taxes' and transmission costs for forcing closure of Scotland's single biggest source of carbon emissions

Billionaire argues both carbon pricing policies and increased clean tech R&D spending will help tackle escalating climate risks