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Evaluation: A Minimum Price for Carbon

Level:: A-Level, IB Diploma

Board:: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 1 Apr 2018

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The UK has introduced a Carbon Price Floor which applies to fossil fuels used for electricity generation. The minimum price for carbon emissions is designed to provide a stable carbon price signal as a way of internalising externalities. But what are some of the arguments for and against imposing a carbon price floor?

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