• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: State and Trends of Carbon Pricing October 2015
  • imprint: Washington, D.C: The World Bank, 2015
  • Published in: State and Trends of Carbon Pricing
    World Bank E-Library Archive
  • Issue: Online-Ausg.
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (140 p.))
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0725-1
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  • Keywords: Carbon ; Carbon finance ; Carbon market ; Carbon pricing ; Climate change ; CO2 ; Greenhouse gas ; Mitigation ; State and trends
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  • Footnote: Description based on print version record
  • Description: The report is a one stop shop for learning about key developments and prospects of existing and emerging carbon initiatives. A challenging international carbon market has not stopped the development of domestic carbon pricing initiatives. Today, about 40 national and over 20 sub-national jurisdictions responsible for almost one fourth of global greenhouse gas emissions are putting a price on carbon. Together, these initiatives cover the equivalent of almost 6 gigatons of carbon dioxide, or about 12% of global emissions