Report: Carbon pricing now covers up to a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions

Michael Holder
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French think tank I4CE publishes Global Carbon Account 2018, confirming that adoption of carbon pricing policies is accelerating

The adoption of carbon pricing policies around the world is accelerating and now covers between 20 and 25 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE)....

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