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The case for carbon pricing / Alex Bowen, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment ; Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, December 2011, 38 p. (Briefing note of policy brief)http://www.cccep.ac.uk/Publications/Policy/docs/PB_case-carbon-pricing_Bowen.pdfCarbon pricing, whether through emissions trading or taxes which discourage high-carbon behaviour, should be a fundamental pillar of policies designed to mitigate climate change. Nevertheless, successful implementation of pricing schemes can be hindered by their unpopularity with businesses and consumers. This policy brief outlines the arguments for implementing a broadly uniform carbon price across sectors and considers how governments can begin to reduce perceptions of unfairness through improved policy-making and communication. (copyright CCCEP http://www.cccep.ac.uk/Publications/Policy/briefingNotes/2011/case-carbon-pricing_briefingNote.aspx)