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🛢💸 The real deal about Carbon Pricing: Difference between revisions
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<strong>“<i>Everything has a cost, but not everything is paid.</i>”</strong> | <strong>“<i>Everything has a cost, but not everything is paid.</i>”</strong> | ||
[[File:Carbon-princing-use-revenues_2019_I4CE-PrixCarbon.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|Carbon pricing: use of revenues in 2018 (in million US$).]] | [[File:Carbon-princing-use-revenues_2019_I4CE-PrixCarbon.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|Carbon pricing worldwide: use of revenues in 2018 (in million US$).]] | ||
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 Earth’s atmosphere makes it contribute less to global warming (4-9% contribution). “Greenhouse gas”, 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 Earth’s atmosphere makes it contribute less to global warming (4-9% contribution). “Greenhouse gas”, Wikipedia Page, 2020. | ||
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas#Global_warming_potential</ref>, it has been considered as a good solution to tackle the emissions<ref>In 2013, industrial processes account for 6% of anthropogenic emissions, while manufacturing and construction account for 12,4% of emissions. As carbon market also applies to the energy sector in general, it could affect more than 80% of our emissions. | source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas#Global_warming_potential</ref>, it has been considered as a good solution to tackle the emissions<ref>In 2013, industrial processes account for 6% of anthropogenic emissions, while manufacturing and construction account for 12,4% of emissions. As carbon market also applies to the energy sector in general, it could affect more than 80% of our emissions. | ||