Why don't we just tax carbon emissions?

Burning carbon, for example in the form of coal, produces cheap energy – but also tons of emissions. Why don't we just tax that? Many regions and countries are already doing just that. Can a carbon tax stop us from polluting? #planeta #carbon #elemental Credits: Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer Video Editor: Markus Mörtz Camera: Henning Goll Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Joanna Gottschalk Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Special thanks for additional interviews go to: Matthew Kotchen and Jeroen van den Bergh. Read more: Carbon Pricing Dashboard from the World Bank: https://carbonpricingdashboard.worldb... Effectiveness of carbon taxes (Green 2021): https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10... British energy sector decarbonization (Leroutier 2022): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Reduction in emissions in British Columbia (Petris 2022): https://link.springer.com/article/10.... Chapters: 0:00 Intro 00:43 Why CO2 is a troublemaker 01:36 What is a carbon tax? 02:35 History and types of carbon taxes 03:30 Ways of using tax revenue 04:57 Emissions trading systems 05:38 Effectiveness of carbon taxes 06:34 Pricing of carbon 07:35 Problems with the carbon tax 09:08 Outlook