Putting a price on carbon. Accelerating the dialogue: a challenge for governments and a request from businesses

Today, the world's top greenhouse gas emitting countries are adopting a variety of policy instruments to regulate emissions in parts of their economy. The World Bank currently estimates that carbon policies generated almost $45 billion in 2014. Cap-and-trade systems, as well as carbon taxes now represent a key means by which to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy by providing public authorities with a new source of funding via the additional levy or auctions of GHG emissions allowances