That seems like a cynical though broadly accurate description of carbon pricing, which are in place around the world and shown to be one of the more effective interventions.
They are technically also paying the rich (and crucially the companies that supply things for both the rich and poor) to not use oil and gas too.
I mean directly. I have little faith in carbon pricing as anything but a grift.
if you don't price carbon, then emitting carbon is free (you just priced it at $0)