Sectoral coverage and prices of carbon pricing mechanisms introduced since 1990

Over the last 30 years, the number of jurisdictions that have implemented
a carbon pricing mechanism has grown significantly. Today, 43 national and
32 subnational jurisdictions have such a mechanism in at least one sector.
However, a standardized and centralized record of the sectoral scope and
prices applied to CO2 emissions by these mechanisms is lacking. This
dataset provides an essential contribution to filling that gap. It covers
mechanisms introduced since 1990 at the national and subnational levels
and is the most comprehensive attempt at providing a systematic
description of carbon pricing mechanisms in terms of their sectoral (and
fuel) scope and the associated price signal. A key feature of this dataset
is that it provides information structured by territorial jurisdiction,
not carbon pricing mechanism. This is achieved by mapping information
available for each mechanism onto jurisdictions. It should prove of
interest to a wide range of parties, including academic researchers,
policy analysts, and interested civil society organizations.