Sky-high carbon tax needed to avoid climate catastrophe, say experts

Economists, including Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern, say taxes of $100 per metric tonne could be needed by…

• Phillip Inman Economics editor
• The Guardian

A group of leading economists warned on Monday that the world risks catastrophic global warming in just 13 years unless countries ramp up taxes on carbon emissions to as much as $…

Experts including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and former World Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern said governments needed to…

• Sky-high carbon…