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Carbon Pricing

Carbon pricing is a policy tool to lower emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, by putting a tax or other price on them.
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Climate targets are the limits that scientists and policymakers set in plans to combat climate change.
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Carbon offsets are tradable “rights” or certificates linked to activities that lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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