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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?==
<u><i>Everything has a cost, but not everything is paid.</i>โ€</u>
<strong>โ€œ<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 Earthโ€™s atmosphere makes it contribute less to global warming (4-9% contribution). โ€œGreenhouse 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 Earthโ€™s atmosphere makes it contribute less to global warming (4-9% contribution). โ€œGreenhouse gasโ€, Wikipedia Page, 2020.