Countries moving towards Carbon taxes and ETS schemes currently!
"Canada – Quebec commenced a cap-and-trade system in January 2013, beginning with 80 industrial sites and expanding over the coming few years. Quebec is a member of the Western Climate Initiative, which joins states in the US and provinces in Canada in a "common approach to addressing climate change". British Columbia, which is also part of the Initiative, implemented a carbon tax in 2008. It started at $10/tonne and increased by $5 each year, as scheduled, to $30/tonne in 2012.
China – a pilot emissions trading scheme has begun in Shenzhen, a major hub with a population in excess of 10 million. It is one of seven pilot schemes planned by the Chinese government.
Japan – a mandatory cap-and-trade system started in Tokyo in 2010, administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It covers approximately 40 per cent of the city’s commercial carbon emissions and has reduced annual emissions by 23 per cent, according to a recent report.
New Zealand – began phasing in a trading scheme in 2008. Initially it covered 50 per cent of emissions and will increase to around 85 per cent, taking in waste, synthetic gases and agriculture.
South Korea – plans to begin an emissions trading scheme in 2015 which will cover the country’s 470 biggest polluters and 60 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
California – a cap-and-trade system began in January 2013 in California, that, if it were a nation, claim to be the world's ninth-largest economy. When fully implemented, it will cover 85 per cent of the state’s carbon emissions. It has recently been linked with Quebec’s emissions trading scheme."
