Carbon pricing and planetary boundaries.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 09 2020
17 09 2020
Historique:
received:
06
01
2020
accepted:
13
08
2020
entrez:
18
9
2020
pubmed:
19
9
2020
medline:
19
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Human activities are threatening to push the Earth system beyond its planetary boundaries, risking catastrophic and irreversible global environmental change. Action is urgently needed, yet well-intentioned policies designed to reduce pressure on a single boundary can lead, through economic linkages, to aggravation of other pressures. In particular, the potential policy spillovers from an increase in the global carbon price onto other critical Earth system processes has received little attention to date. To this end, we explore the global environmental effects of pricing carbon, beyond its effect on carbon emissions. We find that the case for carbon pricing globally becomes even stronger in a multi-boundary world, since it can ameliorate many other planetary pressures. It does however exacerbate certain planetary pressures, largely by stimulating additional biofuel production. When carbon pricing is allied with a biofuel policy, however, it can alleviate all planetary pressures.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32943606
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18342-7
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-18342-7
pmc: PMC7498463
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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