EPISODE · Jun 6, 2026 · 6 MIN
The Carbon Price Floor That Actually Changed Behavior
from Climate Economics with Fexingo: Carbon Pricing, Green Policy, and Sustainability Costs · host Fexingo
Episode 34 revisits a bold policy experiment the hosts discussed months ago: British Columbia's carbon price floor. Lucas and Luna dig into new data from the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, showing that the province's steadily rising carbon tax — now at $80 per tonne — has cut emissions per capita by 19 percent since 2008, without tanking the economy. They contrast it with the EU's uneven carbon price and Australia's repealed tax. The hosts also explore a surprising side effect: the floor spurred natural-gas substitution for coal in power generation, even as total energy use grew. A focused case study on what makes a carbon price actually work — and why most others don't. #CarbonPricing #BritishColumbia #ClimatePolicy #CarbonTax #EmissionsReduction #CanadianInstituteForClimateChoices #EUEmissionsTradingSystem #AustraliaCarbonTax #NaturalGas #CoalPhaseOut #Economics #GreenPolicy #SustainabilityCosts #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ClimateEconomics #PolicyDesign #CarbonFloor Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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Episode 34 revisits a bold policy experiment the hosts discussed months ago: British Columbia's carbon price floor. Lucas and Luna dig into new data from the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, showing that the province's steadily rising carbon tax — now at $80 per tonne — has cut emissions per capita by 19 percent since 2008, without tanking the economy. They contrast it with the EU's uneven carbon price and Australia's repealed tax. The hosts also explore a surprising side effect: the floor spurred natural-gas substitution for coal in power generation, even as total energy use grew. A focused case study on what makes a carbon price actually work — and why most others don't. #CarbonPricing #BritishColumbia #ClimatePolicy #CarbonTax #EmissionsReduction #CanadianInstituteForClimateChoices #EUEmissionsTradingSystem #AustraliaCarbonTax #NaturalGas #CoalPhaseOut #Economics #GreenPolicy #SustainabilityCosts #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ClimateEconomics #PolicyDesign #CarbonFloor Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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