Economists, conservationists, political leaders urge adoption of carbon tax to halt tropical deforestation

Mongabay
Feb 13, 2020, 5:34 pm606 ptsHot
A comment piece published in Nature yesterday urges tropical countries to adopt a tax on carbon emissions in order to halt global warming, species loss, and deforestation. The authors of the piece include Edward B. Barbier, a distinguished professor of economics at Colorado State University in the US; Ricardo…

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