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1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Series |
World Scientific Series on the Economics of Climate Change ; vol. 1 |
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World Scientific series on the economics of climate change ; v. 1.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Clean development mechanism: past, present, and future -- ch. 2. An updated review of carbon markets, institutions, policies, and research / with contributions by Philippe Ambrosi and Rebecca Entler -- ch. 3. The activities implemented jointly pilots: a foundation for clean development mechanism? / with contributions by Gunnar Breustedt -- ch. 4. The cost of mitigation under the clean development mechanism -- ch. 5. Diffusion of Kyoto's clean development mechanism -- ch. 6. Why adoption of the clean development mechanism differs across countries? -- ch. 7. Clean development mechanism as a cooperation mechanism / with contributions by Philippe Ambrosi -- ch. 8. Why so few agricultural projects in the clean development mechanism? / with contributions by J. Aapris Frisbie -- ch. 9. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Following the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, countries took up the difficult task of finding a common approach that would slow down the build-up of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and delay changes to the planet's climate. A widespread concern among many of the participants in the newly formed United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was that the emission reductions needed to significantly affect climate change would cost so much that it could jeopardize the chances of a coordinated international solution. To address this concern, several flexible mechanisms we |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992 May 9) fast |
| Subject |
Climate change mitigation -- Economic aspects
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Climate change mitigation -- International cooperation
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Larson, Donald F.
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Rahman, Shaikh M
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| ISBN |
9789814401104 |
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9814401102 |
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