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==1. What is carbon pricing and what concepts stand behind it?== | ==1. What is carbon pricing and what concepts stand behind it?== | ||
< | <strong>โ<i>Everything has a cost, but not everything is paid.</i>โ</strong> | ||
Because carbon is the atmospheric greenhouse gas that has the overall biggest impact on global warming<ref>Atmospheric CO2 is not the most impactful gas per ton in the air: methane, among others, has a global warming potential 84 times greater than CO2 for 20 years, but methane lowest concentration in the Earthโs atmosphere makes it contribute less to global warming (4-9% contribution). โGreenhouse gasโ, Wikipedia Page, 2020. | Because carbon is the atmospheric greenhouse gas that has the overall biggest impact on global warming<ref>Atmospheric CO2 is not the most impactful gas per ton in the air: methane, among others, has a global warming potential 84 times greater than CO2 for 20 years, but methane lowest concentration in the Earthโs atmosphere makes it contribute less to global warming (4-9% contribution). โGreenhouse gasโ, Wikipedia Page, 2020. |