Sentences with phrase «influence on carbon prices»

The single biggest influence on carbon prices is the relative cost of coal and natural gas.

Its participation in the ETS continues to allow it the flexibility of a wider carbon market; but it has no influence on the carbon price applied or the level of ambition set for the ETS.

Not exact matches

How one sees the answer boils down to an important difference in perspective on how to best deal with climate change: Do we (a) try to influence the course of future human development using carbon pricing as the main policy tool?

But it's worth remembering that a carbon price's influence on gasoline prices (for example) is quite oblique.

... If you believe that solving the climate change problem «is fundamentally a technological challenge,» then we are in this mess not because of the power of the fossil fuel lobby, not because of the influence of the campaign of denial, not because of money politics, not because persuading consumers to accept a price on carbon seems too hard, and not because getting international cooperation has been fraught.

Until I have seen the people in positions of influence have seriously considered the alternative — such as I suggested earlier on this thread: https://judithcurry.com/2013/11/21/social-cost-of-carbon/#comment-416438 — I am likely to remain opposed to high cost policies like carbon pricing and policies that subsidise and effectively mandate renewable energy.