Sentences with phrase «imposing high carbon prices»

If some kind of political change makes governments serious about hitting the 1.5 — 2.0 ËšC temperature targets from the Paris Agreement, it will mean doing everything possible to rapidly reduce emissions, from imposing high carbon prices to mandating the abandonment of especially harmful technologies and practices like burning coal and using exceptionally filthy fuel for international maritime shipping.

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And worse still they continually argue for irrational policies — like government imposed carbon pricing schemes and very high cost renewable energy while blocking nuclear power development.

For the same targets, Canada's carbon prices to reduce emissions are higher, thereby imposing higher costs on industry.

Because changes in the market away from fossil fuels will inevitably make those energy sources less expensive, carbon taxes keep their prices high, reflecting the costs imposed on society by carbon emissions.