Global leaders agree to set price on carbon pollution

Global leaders agree to set price on carbon pollution Washington (AFP) April 21, 2016 - Six world leaders and the heads of powerful multilateral organizations agreed Thursday to push for broader implementation of carbon pricing schemes to accelerate the fight against global warming. The leaders of Canada, Germany, France, Mexico, Ethiopia and Chile, along with the IMF, World Bank, and OECD, pressed for the use of carbon pricing to cover 25 percent of global emissions within fou ... more

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