Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
March 2014

Carbon Market Lessons and Global Policy Outlook

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Carbon Market Lessons and Global Policy Outlook
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Although markets for trading carbon emission credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have stalled in United States federal policy-making, carbon markets are emerging at the state level within the U.S. and around the world, teaching us more about what does and doesn't work. Authors discuss in a Policy Forum piece in Science key lessons from a decade of experience with carbon markets.