Carbon tax

New analysis reveals 75 carbon pricing regimes generated $104bn last year, with more than half of revenues going towards climate and nature-related programmes

Campaign groups propose tax on fossil fuel extraction to help bridge climate funding gap through to the end of the decade

France and Kenya lead new initiative to explore how fresh funds can be raised from the private sector for climate finance and Loss and Damage Fund

Swedish fintech company announces $2.35 million investment into climate initiatives, as it moves towards net zero goals. 

New report reveals how carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes are curbing emissions and generating valuable revenues for exchequers

The UK is reaping more money from carbon taxes than it is spending on tackling domestic emissions – these funds should go towards reducing household dependency on gas, argue the NEF's Margaret Welsh and Alex Chapman

KPMG report predicts governments set to take a 'multi-faceted approach' to pricing carbon that could prove difficult for businesses to navigate

Higher carbon prices are good news for green investment as well as the climate, writes Climate Focus' Darragh Conway

Plus India goes big on green hydrogen, historic Paris to go car-free, and more of the top green business news from around the world this week

The UK government should increase tax on things we want less of - such as pollution - and reduce tax on things we want more of - such as jobs - explains Eunomia's Chris Sherrington