Sentences with phrase «alternative trading mechanism»

Instead, it functions as an alternative trading mechanism for roughly 2,500 firms, in a closed - loop system that is similar to a bartering network.

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In the period between now and when the voters, trade unionists and party members start to realise this, Blair will use the good will he starts out with to move as fast as possible — starting at this year's conference — to suppress the mechanisms whereby alternative policies could be expressed within the Labour Party.

With other approaches to an energy and climate bill blocked — including carbon taxes or a broader cap - and - trade mechanism for controlling emissions — the only viable alternative appears to be to limit a cap to utilities, the one sector that's already familiar with smokestack rules and markets in emissions credits.

The stark contrast in preference between Cap and Trade and the alternative mechanisms highlights something of key importance: if the Ontario Government chooses to only introduce Cap and Trade then it will become clear that the consultations were largely a sham and that the Ontario Government didn't intend to actually listen to what the people of Ontario had to say.

A strong alternative mechanism is «Fee and Dividend», which the inventors of Cap and Trade themselves have said is a preferable mechanism.

The main issues under discussion were the link between climate change and a eucalypped forest that produced the catastrophic fires of 2017, the threat of underwater mining in the Azores region, the impact of the new mechanisms of international trade (Multilateral Investment Court) in climatic injustice, the necessary relationship between combating climate change and promoting public transport, threats to the exploitation of fossil fuels in Portugal, alternative sources of energy and the migration process linked to climate change.

Harrison, D. and D. Radov, 2002: Evaluation of alternative initial allocation mechanisms in a European Union greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading scheme.

The Report recommends that the government should further develop emissions trading and other flexible mechanisms, even if these are only supplementary alternatives to domestic reductions.

In Africa, alternative currencies have a huge potential in creating efficiency while disrupting traditional mechanisms for international trade, resource management, and governance.