鈥淟eading Economists: A strong carbon price needed to drive large-scale climate action鈥�
A strong global carbon price of 40-80 US dollars per tonne of CO鈧� by 2020 and 50-100 US dollars by 2030 could be key to reaching climate goals and keeping the global temperature rise below two degrees, according to a new report by the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices, released today in Berlin at the . Commission co-chairs Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern emphasised that revenues from such a system could be used to finance important complementing policies, e.g. promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy, innovation and investment in sustainable infrastructure. This century鈥檚 growth story was the world鈥檚 transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. 鈥淭here is no other pro-growth story,鈥� said Stiglitz at the presentation.
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