A carbon tax was introduced in British Columbia in July 2008 at C$10 per ton of CO2 equivalent emissions, rising by C$5 each year until it reached C$30 a ton in 2012. The base of pricing covers nearly all fuels, including propane, natural gas, gasoline and coal. The government of British Columbia estimates it could reduce emissions by up to 3million tons annually and by 33 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
A strong and predictable price on carbon will lead to effective environment and provide new fiscal revenues.
First, the carbon tax has a great effect on emission reductions for the purpose. It is considered as the most economically efficient way to tackle the greenhouse gas market failure. 6 years of having implemented the carbon tax, the consumption of fuels per person in B.C dropped by 16.1%. Comparing it risen by 3% in the rest of Canada, this figure may suggest a remarkable improvement to emissions mitigation.
Second, new revenues from the carbon tax can be used to reduce or offset the economic costs of a carbon pricing, and even potentially can be recycled through the whole economy. The policy can encourage employment and investment by cutting labor and corporate taxes. In British Columbia’s case, every dollar from the carbon tax revenue must, by law, be revenue-neutral and be
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In practice they are not that significant, however, or even they can generate revenue that can be rebated to consumers or used to lower other taxes. According to the research from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), economic growth is only slightly affected by the efficient climate policies; for example, the estimated costs of just 2°C of global warming would be of the order of 0.5–2% of global GDP by 2030. It means reducing emissions by 20% would cost less than 1% of economic growth, which is not
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Revenue neutral – returning aggregate revenues raised to individuals and businesses impacted by the carbon price that maximally offset the impact of increased carbon costs.
The threat of climate change in recent years is recognized as a real and potentially catastrophic threat to the health and welfare of our planet, as industrialized nations continue to run their economies by burning carbon into the atmosphere. Recently, it has taken on a larger role in our national media, the public, and the government, as the effects of anthropogenic climate change become more evident. In the United States, for example, the year 2007 brought the first major piece of legislation in the country to address the problem under the Climate Security Act, and the United States Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Today, many politicians, economists, scientists, and environmentalists propose a solution that would create a regulated market based on emissions into the atmosphere, effectively internalizing all negative externalities. It’s called cap and trade, and it has a lot of potential to help incentivize the implementation of alternative forms of energy, has several different variations and alternatives, and has already been successful in many programs around the world.
...ns use in their homes, the fewer chemicals that power plants use the fewer that will have to be emitted in to the air. Today there are laws on how much pollution is allowed to be put out in the air these laws have made significant changes. Catalytic converters in cars help reduce emissions. There has been reduction in the amount of acid rain causing pollutant to the air by humans. Eastern Canada set a cap of 2.3 million tons of sulphur dioxide to be met by 1994 and maintained until 2000. In Canada several sulphur dioxide reduction targets for provinces to the east of Manitoba-Saskatchewan to meet this cap. Roughly halve of the sulphur dioxide emissions were intended to be cut by this reduction.
David, Suzuki. “Carbon Offsets Are One of Many Solutions Needed for Global Warming.” Current Controversies: Carbon Offsets. Ed. Debra A. Miller. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Print.
Global Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Lord Stern and his associate, Dr. Simon Dietz, distributed examination in The Economic Journal, which cautions that the money related harm created by an unnatural weather change will be extensively more prominent than current models anticipate.
Putting a strong emphasis on initiatives such as the Canada Clean Energy Dialogue can help do this, as well as switching to using low-impact renewable energy. This policy is one that I do recommend to the Prime Minister, as it works well with the Paris Agreement and is evidently the most effective one due to the advantages that it will have in the arctic. The Paris Agreement does aim to lower greenhouse gasses. All parties are required to provide information focusing on progress of their greenhouse gas emissions targets and efforts of adaptation. In addition to this, Canada has the technology to develop new knowledge about permafrost, which is an advantage for studying greenhouse gas emissions. Canada and the United States have established the Clean Energy Dialogue, which is to develop efficient technologies to reduce greenhouse gasses and the development clean energy in order to fight climate change. This is an adequate initiative because the United States and Canada share the closest energy relationship in the world, as both countries are very resourceful when concerning natural resources and possess talented human resources to incorporate in the protection of the environment. In working on switching to cleaner energies such as natural gas, it enables reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at a
Despite the disadvantages of those methods it also have many advantages. Carbon pricing could increase the amount of money to solve some of environmental issues, it could also provide incentives to environmentally friendly productions. The carbon pricing could provide the lowest-cost emission reduction and could increase the investments on low-carbon technologies.
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