{"id":694,"date":"2015-09-21T15:21:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/?p=694"},"modified":"2015-09-21T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T15:21:14","slug":"growing-global-momentum-for-carbon-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/novedades\/growing-global-momentum-for-carbon-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing global momentum for carbon pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"

September, 21st, 2015<\/p>\n

About 40 nations and 23 cities, states or regions are using a carbon price. This represents the equivalent of about 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide, or 12 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions.<\/em><\/p>\n

The spotlight is on New York now with the upcoming\u00a0United Nations meeting<\/a>\u00a0on the new Sustainable Development Goals,\u00a0Climate Week New York<\/a>, and in about two months, global leaders will meet again in Paris for\u00a0COP 21<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The decisions made in New York and Paris will set the course for development for years to come. But while these are top level, pivotal meetings, actors around the world are not waiting for a global agreement to act. They are already putting a price on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions to drive clean investment. This includes the private sector. And we\u2019ve seen companies from the oil and gas industry \u2013 calling for widespread carbon pricing.<\/p>\n

The existing carbon prices vary significantly\u2014from less than US$1 per tCO2 e to US$130 per tCO2 e (Sweden carbon tax). The majority of emissions (85 percent) are priced at less than US$10 per tCO2 e, which is considerably lower than the price that economic models have estimated is needed to meet the 2\u00b0C climate stabilization goal recommended by scientists<\/p>\n

Examples of prices USD\/tonCO2e:<\/p>\n

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Examples of new schemes:<\/p>\n