With climate change imposing ever-higher costs, governments, businesses and investors are belatedly trying to work out how to impose a proportionate monetary cost on those responsible. Pricing carbon emissions will be essential on.ft.com/3aKxiOf
The expected level of carbon prices is going up. Energy giant BP is planning for a carbon price of $100 a tonne of CO2 by 2030 — and experts say that’s not fanciful thinking on.ft.com/3aKxiOf 
A carbon price of $100 per tonne would supercharge investment in low-carbon technologies but it would also cripple businesses that are not able to adapt on.ft.com/3aKxiOf
The 100 least resilient companies would lose just under half their market value if carbon emissions are priced at $100 a tonne, consultancy Planetrics forecasts. The best-performing 100 would rise by 28% on.ft.com/3aKxiOf
👉 What is the best way to arrive at a good estimate of a carbon price?
👉 How should governments go about implementing a price on carbon?
👉 What price would genuinely influence a change in behaviour?
These questions have never been more important on.ft.com/3aKxiOf
👉 How should governments go about implementing a price on carbon?
👉 What price would genuinely influence a change in behaviour?
These questions have never been more important on.ft.com/3aKxiOf
Our Lex writers @VanessaHoulder1 and @confordpark have looked at the best practice for implementing carbon pricing, how it affects competitiveness, which sectors will shoulder heavier cost burdens — and whether these costs will be passed on to customers on.ft.com/3aKxiOf
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