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Emissions trading

Emissions trading is a market-oriented approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants. The concept is also known as cap and trade (CAT) or emissions trading scheme (ETS). One prominent example is carbon emission trading for CO2 and other greenhouse gases which is a tool for climate change…

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Emissions trading

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Emissions trading

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related to history · 19
Emissions trading → Administration, Agency's Office, Air, Burton, Congress, Each, Edward, Ellison Burton, Environmental Protection Agency, In, National Air Pollution Control, Pechan, Radiation, Sanjour, The, These, This, United States Environmental Protection, William Sanjour
related to Incentives and allocation · 16
Emissions trading → ACEEE, Allocating, Emissions, Fisher, For, Goldemberg, Grandfathering, Halsnæs, However, IMF, In, In Coase's, On, There, These, This
related to External links · 13
Emissions trading → DevelopmentUS EPA's Acid Rain, Economic Co-operation, Economics, Electric Power Sector, Engineering, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading, Lecture, MIT OpenCourseWare, MITESD, Organisation, Program, Project-based Mechanisms, Regulation
related to Coase model · 9
Emissions trading → Bashmakov, Coase, Coase's, Emissions, Flexibility, Goldemberg, In Coase's, Over, This
related to Introduction · 9
Emissions trading → An, Because, Emissions, GHG, If, In, Pollution, The, To
related to Effectiveness · 6
Emissions trading → CO₂, EU Emissions Trading System, European Union, Firm-level, Notably, Recent
related to Market and least-cost · 6
Emissions trading → After, Command, Failure, Firms, Some, WWII
see also · 6
Emissions trading → Acid Rain Retirement FundAP, Air Pollutant Emission FactorsAsia-Pacific, Compilation, Emissions Trading ForumEmission, Global, MERC
related to Trading · 5
Emissions trading → According, Bashmakov, In, It, Some
has method · 4
Emissions trading → By, Cap, Other, They

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emissions trading pollution permits system emission price also market tax cost reduce carbon environmental cap-and-trade program cap may costs government

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Emissions tradingis amarket-oriented approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants0.90text
Emissions tradingis atype of flexible environmental regulation that allows organizations and markets to decide how best to meet policy targets0.90text
Emissions tradingis amarket-based approach to address pollution0.90text
best available technologyinstance ofThis is in contrast to command-and-control environmental regulations0.80text
emissions trading to address environmental problems instead of prescriptiveinstance oftypically on consumers who cannot pass on the costs.Market and least-costSome economists have urged the use of market-based instruments0.80text
emissions trading to address environmental problems instead of prescriptiveinstance ofMarket and least-costSome economists have urged the use of market-based instruments0.80text
pollution feesinstance ofIt is the traditional approach to reducing air pollution.Command-and-control regulations are more rigid than incentive-based approaches0.80text
capinstance ofIt is the traditional approach to reducing air pollution.Command-and-control regulations are more rigid than incentive-based approaches0.80text
tradeinstance ofIt is the traditional approach to reducing air pollution.Command-and-control regulations are more rigid than incentive-based approaches0.80text
gasolineinstance ofThese include products0.80text
perfumesinstance ofThese include products0.80text
hair sprayinstance ofThese include products0.80text

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