OPINION

Let's have carbon pricing now

Oped, Published on 13/01/2021

» US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration comes just a month after the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, auguring long-overdue progress in the global fight against climate change. Despite recent political commitments by major emitters to achieve carbon neutrality by mid-century, the world still is not yet on track to prevent global warming from exceeding 2C — a target that must be reached to avert massive disruptions to human societies.