Sentences with phrase «group on carbon pricing»

According to a new report published on World Bank Group on carbon pricing, by 2015, the number of implemented or planned carbon pricing schemes around the world has almost doubled since 2012.

The World Bank and the We Mean Business Coalition will form a group on carbon pricing to continue development of the principle after tomorrow's summit.

Not exact matches

Even given government incentives and a price on carbon, however, ArborGen must satisfy concerns from regulators and environmental groups that its engineered trees will not, especially when gifted with the ability to resist cold, spread untrammeled through forests.

Philippe Joubert, Chair of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group and former president of Alstom Power, said: «The CLG's long - standing efforts to put a price on carbon, including most recently working with the World Bank through the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, will soon deliver results.

For years, many environmental groups and experts on the growing human contribution to the planet's heat - trapping greenhouse effect have sought to turn carbon dioxide into a commodity by giving it a rising price.

We're proud to back these efforts and stand ready to continue support for cooperation, capacity - building and knowledge sharing on carbon pricing,» said Stephen A. Hammer, Manager, Climate Change Group, World Bank.

While CBC relates Trudeau's assertion that «86 per cent of the Canadian economy is now covered, or soon to be covered, by a price on carbon,» the news network admits that how Canada will reach the rest of its proposed emissions targets «hasn't yet been nailed down,» and the new Liberal government has «resisted efforts by climate change groups and the media to lay out its targets and timelines for achieving them.»

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

Equally important, the group urges that government catalyze the development of energy alternatives by sending «a strong market signal» through such mechanisms as mandates on utilities to produce more renewable energy or «a price or a cap» on carbon emissions1.

Environmental groups also wanted a high floor on the price of carbon and were wary of a ceiling that, if met, would result in more allowances than the agreed cap to be added to the market.

One such action group, We Mean Business started just 14 months ago asking businesses to sign up to its seven pledges including adopting a science - based target, putting a price on carbon, and purchasing 100 % of electricity from renewable sources.

Lori and Rob work with climate activists in the health field who speak to groups on climate and health, and who work with hospital systems to endorse carbon pricing to encourage medical organizations nationwide to pass resolutions regarding the need for climate action.

Officials at Finance are co-chairing the «carbon pricing» working group, one of four federal - provincial - territorial groups established to fashion a national climate strategy that would put the country on the path toward meeting its international commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Sharing his insights on about the prime motivators and catalysts behind Dalmia Cement's decision to target 100 % renewable electricity, Mahendra Singhi, Group CEO and Whole Time Director, Dalmia Bharat Ltd. said, «social responsibility and carbon pricing helped to convince board members to invest in renewable electricity».

Figures from World Bank Group shows 39 countries and 23 cities, states and regions have or are going to put a price on carbon.

But a recent report by the environmental research group CDP revealed that at least 29 major companies, including five major oil producers, are basing their internal planning on the assumption that such policies — specifically, a government - mandated carbon price — will be a reality as soon as 2020.

Here we will look at a few of the climate bills proposed by the U.S. Congress which would have put a price on carbon emissions, and examine a number of economic analyses mainly by non-partisan economic groups which evaluated both the costs and benefits of each proposal.

He was a key figure behind the creation of the business advocacy group Businesses for a Clean Economy, a coalition of business arguing for a price on carbon.

70 companies across 20 sectors from nearly 30 countries have aligned with the Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing, a set of ambitious standards to help companies set, advocate and report on a price on carbon, developed by the UNGC together with UNEP, the UNFCCC secretariat and Caring for Climate partners — CDP, Principles for Responsible Investment, The Climate Group and UN Foundation.

The group recommended that the government should resolve the uncertainties over its plans for electricity market reform as soon as possible, as well as setting out a clear policy on the carbon price floor — which ensures companies and generators pay a minimum price for their emissions - and work with industry to «foster a constructive dialogue with the public on energy policy».

Where as they have spent countless millions on buying politicians, funding lobbying & front groups & carpet bombing the blogosphere with disinformation to make sure a price on carbon never happens in the first place & they can continue on business as usual.

But the way it plans to do so is much more interesting than your typical «buy a bunch of offsets» emissions - reduction scheme — instead, the company is creating a «carbon price and charge back model» that will levy fees on each of its various internal business groups for the emissions they generate.

In fact, once you filter out the noise generated by special - interest groups, you discover that there is widespread agreement among environmental economists that a market - based program to deal with the threat of climate change — one that limits carbon emissions by putting a price on them — can achieve large results at modest, though not trivial, cost.

William Nordhaus at Yale has suggested using a «climate club,» a group of countries that set a common carbon price and level trade tariffs on nonparticipants (9).

He says a bipartisan group of senators is still indeed at work on bill that will stimulate clean energy growth and price carbon emissions — and that such a compromise bill is on the way, Reuters reports.According to that report,