Putting a Price on Carbon: A Handbook for U.S. Policy Makers

The document introduces a comprehensive guide for U.S. policymakers on implementing a national carbon price. It focuses on the design and economic effects of carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs, arguing that carbon pricing should be a core element of the U.S. strategy for greenhouse gas emission reductions while noting its potential to serve non-climate policy goals such as tax code reform.

• Carbon pricing is presented as a central component for the United States to achieve substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades.
• Carbon pricing programs can be designed to achieve policy objectives beyond climate change, including the improvement of tax code efficiency.
• The handbook focuses its analysis on two primary methods of pricing carbon: carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Putting a Price on Carbon: A Handbook for U.S. Policy Makers. https://www.wri.org/research/putting-price-carbon

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Putting a Price on Carbon: A Handbook for U.S. Policy Makers. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/putting-price-carbon.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendputting, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Putting a Price on Carbon: A Handbook for U.S. Policy Makers}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/putting-price-carbon}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }