20.10.2015 - World, business leaders call for global carbon pricing policies
A half dozen heads of state joined forces with leaders of states, cities and corporations on Monday to call for wider adoption of carbon pricing policies ahead of a United Nations climate change summit in Paris in December. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Philippines President Benigno Aquino III and French President Francois Hollande were among the world leaders who issued a joint statement through the World Bank urging governments and businesses to set up carbon markets and tax carbon emissions. Representatives from 190 countries are meeting in Bonn, Germany, this week, for last-round discussions on the language of a global climate change agreement. The global deal would require developing and developed countries to adopt policies to curb carbon emissions...............................................Full Article: Source
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