environment medium True/False

'Carbon Pricing' mechanisms, such as carbon taxes or emissions trading systems, internalize the social cost of carbon emissions to incentivize reduction.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

By putting a price on carbon, these market-based instruments encourage emitters to adopt cleaner technologies and practices, generating revenue that can fund climate action.

Topic Environmental Finance and Investment
Exam Relevance UPSC, SSC