A key part of the plan is the "carbon mortgage", a financial mechanism enabling and encouraging individuals and families to increase the energy efficiency of their homes.

该计划的一个关键要素是“碳排放抵押权”——一种允许并鼓励个人和家庭提高住宅能源使用效率的财政机制。

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The project aims to establish cell-phone based carbon micro-credit systems, using a simple message service to allow families to monetize the carbon offsets they produce.

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The Congressional Budget Office has just released a working paper evaluating the various ways that the effect of the carbon tax on low-income families might be offset.

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Like other consumption taxes, a carbon tax would fall disproportionately on low-income families.

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