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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Carbon markets"”.
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Real estate opportunities in energy efficiency and carbon markets
… mulls a cap and trade system for large carbon emitters while states implement their own greenhouse gas schemes. Private industries are beginning to see the need to address their greenhouse gas footprints and are increasingly offsetting their carbon emissions. The real estate industry has …
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International environmental governance : a case for increased regulation in the carbon markets
… is an economic quantity instrument known in the carbon markets as 'cap and trade'. The central question[s] in this research paper [are:] Are carbon trading and emissions offsetting feasible in the context of international environmental governance? What are the obstacles posed by the carbon cap …
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Using climate policies and carbon markets to save tropical forests : the case of Costa Rica
… examine how international climate policies and carbon markets have addressed greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation. I argue that, to date, the international climate regime has failed to provide effective incentives to Costa Rica to finance its forestry reforms because of political …
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Mudala: A blockchain-based carbon credit exchange platform
… strategies such as reducing energy use, adopting carbon-neutral technologies, and trading on carbon markets to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, existing carbon markets, which are meant to incentivise emission reduction, face critical challenges such as a lack of trust and …
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How best to generate carbon revenue for small-scale projects in sub-Saharan Africa
… projects, delivering only 0.3% of the total CDM carbon offsets. This is thought to be because of the low intensity of the greenhouse gas reducing interventions prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, the lack of institutional capacity relating to the CDM processes, the high transaction costs of the …
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Benchmarking climate change strategies under constrained resource usage
… within these blocs. It includes international markets for carbon commodities and geophysical climate effects. It is shown that climate constrained growth raises local policy issues in managing technology diffusion and dysfunctional resource expansive specialisations exacerbated by the creation …
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The EU ETS: A Critical Analysis
<p>Carbon markets, established via cap & trade programs, are the dominant means by which climate stabilization is currently being pursued worldwide, with many centered around the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. As such, a critical analysis of the EU ETS & its effectiveness is crucial to …
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Analyzing Risks in Voluntary Forest Carbon Offsets Using Open Data: A Hybrid Framework Integrating Retrieval-Augmented Generation in LLMs and Geospatial Analytics
The credibility of voluntary carbon markets hinges on the quality of carbon offset projects, particularly in forestry and land-use sectors where claims of additionality and emissions reductions are often disputed. This paper introduces a novel, open-source approach to evaluating carbon offset …
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Quantifying avoided emissions from renewable generation
… renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and emerging carbon markets. This study focuses on the method of quantifying the reduced CO2, NOx, and SO2 emissions due to renewable penetration on the electric power grid. A simplified model is used which calculates avoided emissions from the marginal …
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Economic impact of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme : evidence from the refining sector
… needed to respond efficiently to the carbon price signal in the long run. I argue that the internal and external constraints that this first phase revealed will shape the future outcome of the scheme. Based on evidence from the rening sector under EU ETS, I take position in the current …
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The Political Economy of Alternative Investments
… of uncertainty within alternative investment markets, I can gain a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of political uncertainty. This thesis investigates political uncertainty across two major alternative markets—real estate and carbon markets—exploring the link between market …
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Dealing with Carbon: Environmental Policy, Organizations, and Technological Responses to Climate Change
… construct and moralize new environmental markets, and how expertise shapes American energy policy discourse. Through mixed-methods research including computational analysis of Senate communications (2000-2023), interviews with industry stakeholders, and analysis of policy hearings, I …
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An exploratory assessment of the opportunities and challenges of carbon trading in Tanzania
… assessed the opportunities and challenges for carbon trading in Tanzania. Specifically, the study analyzed the current situation of carbon trading in Tanzania in terms of awareness and knowledge available, assessed opportunities available for carbon trading, challenges facing carbon trading …
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An investigation of carbon sequestration, storage capacity, and air pollution removal by trees in the Resort Municipality of Whistler
… a considerable ability to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and improve air quality, including many other valuable ecosystem services. Beyond timber value, trees contribute to other economic benefits that are either unmeasured or undervalued in today’s markets. Accurate valuation of carbon …
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Empirical Studies in Financial Econometrics: Market Functioning, Forecasting, and Reform
… are linked by their examination of how financial markets and information transmission within these interact with macroeconomic modelling, regulatory intervention, and institutional design. The first chapter, Forecasting Macro with Finance, is co-authored with Dr Niklas Schmitz. While financial …
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From Kyoto to Paris - a review of South Africa's climate change response with particular emphasis on the Clean Development Mechanism and envisaged transition to the Sustainable Development Mechanism
… command-and-control approach to reducing carbon emissions, specifically in the area of environmental taxes and carbon offsets. While it is acknowledged that the major difference between the proposed SDM and the existing CDM is that carbon markets will no longer be limited to developed …
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Uganda and REDD+: Is it worth getting involved from a socio-economic perspective?
… management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries," also known as REDD+, is, at its core, a financial incentives based strategy that aims to compensate national governments, sub-national actors, private project developers and/or local communities, in return for …
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APPLICATION OF CARBON CREDITS IN THE ITALIAN AND PAKISTANI AGRI-FOOD SECTOR
… and highlight how they can be integrated into carbon credit systems to achieve both economic and environmental benefits. In rice farming, practices such as alternate wetting and drying (AWD), and midseason drainage are shown to effectively lower CH4 emissions by altering soil conditions and …
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Structures et fonctionnements des marchés du carbone
… of the independent specialized consultant PointCarbon (2010). Results show that opinions about the impact on the competitiveness are strongly influenced by sector and size of the firms.