fbpx Curbing Carbon | Harvard Kennedy School

HKS Authors

See citation below for complete author information.

Abstract

Throughout the U.S. economy, millions of decentralized decisions are made every day that contribute to the problem of climate change. A national carbon-pricing system—in the form of either carbon taxes or cap-and-trade—is the only policy that can significantly tilt them all in a climate-friendly direction. Given the ubiquity and diversity of energy use in a modern economy, conventional regulatory approaches simply cannot do the job.

Citation

Stavins, Robert N. "Curbing Carbon." Technology Review, March/April 2011.