Carbon pricing is the way to rectify runaway climate change

Although climate change represents perhaps the largest, most complex economic opportunity since the industrial revolution(s), many investments are needed to make the transition. Most of the money required (up to 80%) needs to come from the private sector. It is therefore critical that the financial contributions from investors and business are unlocked.

The key? Putting a price on carbon emissions. There is enough evidence to suggest this is by far the best instrument to trigger investors and companies to move faster, especially when combined with other supporting policies.

Co-designing the Mexican Emissions Trading System Based on International Experience

Co-designing the Mexican Emissions Trading System Based on International Experience

The ETS Academy Mexico was held on July 23, 24 and 25, 2019 at Casa Lamm in Mexico City. It was a three-day seminar that brought together international experts with officials from different Federal Public Administration (APF) departments relevant to the development of an SCE, with the aim of learning the lessons learned and best practices of international jurisdictions, and facilitate the joint design of the SCE in Mexico.

Our Climate assembles climate mosaic to push price on pollution

Our Climate assembles climate mosaic to push price on pollution

On June 22nd, before the dome of the Massachusetts State House, a group of youth activists with Our Climate, a youth-led carbon pricing advocacy organization in the United States, assembled their largest climate mosaic yet. Nicholas O’Toole, a student at New York University and summer fellow with Our Climate, provides insights into the outcomes of the event and his vision for carbon pricing in Massachusetts in this CPLC blog.