Sentences with phrase «environmental policy instruments»

As is so often the case, transactions costs are important in choosing between available environmental policy instruments.

Stavins, 2003: Experience with market - based environmental policy instruments.

If you would like to read more about the factors that have brought about the changes that have occurred in the political reception given to market - based environmental policy instruments over the past two decades, here are some references:

In 1981, my Harvard colleague, political scientist Steven Kelman surveyed Congressional staff members, and found that support and opposition to market - based environmental policy instruments was based largely on ideological grounds: Republicans, who supported the concept of economic - incentive approaches, offered as a reason the assertion that «the free market works,» or «less government intervention» is desirable, without any real awareness or understanding of the economic arguments for market - based programs.

This article presents an overview of the design and performance of seven major emissions trading programs that have been implemented over the past 30 years and identifies a number of important lessons for future applications of this important environmental policy instrument.

Not exact matches

Prentice cited the federal loan guarantee for Newfoundland's Lower Churchill River hydroelectric project as «a wise instrument of industrial policy,» and called for governments to «expedite the regulatory and environmental approval processes for megaprojects.»

[Box 9] OIS - China - Chinese Science and Technology Policy Delegation Visit, 1978 Zhongshan University Delegation Visit, 1979 AAAS Popularization of Science Delegation to China, 1980 CAST Science Writers Delegation to US, 1981 AAAS Environmental Planning Delegation to China, 1981 US - China Conference on Energy Resources and Environment, 1982 Interferon Study (Proposed), 1982 CAST Delegation to US, 1982 CAST Quality Control Delegation to US, 1982 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - US Papers, 1983 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - Chinese Papers, 1983 Photo Album of Address by Song Jian, 1985 AAAS Board of Directors Delegation to China, 1985 Chinese Delegation Visit (IIE), 1986 US Fish and Wildlife Service Delegation to China, 1986 FASAS International Climate Change Symposium (Proposal), 1986 CAST Delegation to US, 1986 Background Political Information, 1987 Law / Science Short Course (Proposal), 1987 Collected Information and Papers on Chinese Water Management, 1987 CAST Water Management Delegation to US, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China - Follow - up, 1988 CAST Petrochemical Engineer Delegation to US (Proposal), 1987 Pacific Rim Symposium (Proposal), 1987 Science and Technology Advising Seminar (Proposal), 1988 - 1989 AAAS / ABA Lawyers and Scientists Delegation to China, 1988 China Symposium at 1989 AAAS Annual Meeting, 1988 - 1989 Medical Instrument Maintenance and Repair, 1989 Fang Li Zhi, 1988 - 1989 Amnesty International Reports on Chinese Arrests, 1989 Correspondence re: June 1989 Events in China, 1989 Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs, 1989 China - FASAS Symposium on Environmental Protection in Developing Countries, 1989 FASAS Symposium Chinese Papers, 1989 PRC Joint Commission Visit, 1989 Tibet, 1987 Liz Levey Misc Correspondence, 1982 - 1990 Chinese Code of Ethics, 1986 China Tech Company Information, (undated) AAAS / CAST Exchange Programs, 1978 - 1987 Correspondence with CAST International Director Wang Zheng, 1981 - 1982 Correspondence with CAST, 1981 - 1989 James Hartnett Complaint to CAST, 1988 - 1989 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1987 Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, 1987 - 1988 Correspondence with Chinese Embassy, 1982 - 1987 NAS China Committee, 1982 - 1986 Financial Aid for Chinese Students, 1987 Misc Articles and General Background Information, 1978 - 1989 Misc., 1982 - 1989 Presentation Transparencies, 1988 Elzinga, Aant.

He acknowledged African Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in showcasing good Practices in environmental management saying this will promote the entrenchment of environmental issues into the mainstream of various planning and policy instruments at all levels, in all countries.

Free markets and environmental protection have been shown to be compatible — provided that the appropriate policy instruments are chosen.

Despite the potential cost - effectiveness of market - based policy instruments, such as pollution taxes and tradable permits, conventional approaches — including design and uniform performance standards — have been the mainstay of U.S. environmental policy since before the first Earth Day in 1970.

Congress (to the extent it did assess policy alternatives to cap and trade), as well as the broader community of analysts and observers in the late 2000s, raised a number of substantive questions about the merits of this policy instrument as a means for responding to a major environmental policy challenge of the sort posed by climate change:

Environmental tax shifting is becoming commonplace in Europe, where France, Italy, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom are also using this policy instrument.

This technical document illustrates the environmental elements of a strategy towards the creation of sustainable enterprise by highlighting impacts on employment of different environmental instruments and policies.

Analyse existing sustainability standards and schemes (including RSPO, ISPO and MSPO), evaluate their completeness (especially concerning biodiversity and carbon aspects) and map such schemes and how they relate to the environmental objectives in relevant EU and international policy instruments.

Fiscal instruments (carbon taxes or similar) are the most effective policies for reflecting environmental costs in energy prices and promoting development of cleaner technologies, while also providing a valuable source of revenue (including, not least, for lowering other tax burdens).

Number of policy instruments or action plans adopted by Governments pursuant to the post-2015 development framework that incorporate environmental objectives, as a result of UN Environment Programme efforts

Number of policy instruments or action plans adopted by United Nations bodies pursuant to the post-2015 development framework that incorporate environmental objectives

Nordic Council of Ministers, 2002: The use of economic instruments in Nordic Environmental Policy 1999 - 2001.

Braathen, N.A., 2005: Environmental agreements in combination with other policy instruments.

He acknowledged African Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in showcasing good Practices in environmental management saying this will promote the entrenchment of environmental issues into the mainstream of various planning and policy instruments at all levels, in all countries.

The negligence of EU environmental policy in the Commission's 2004 Guidelines on Application of Article 81 (3) of the Treaty and the 2010 Guidelines on Horizontal Co-Operation Agreements is seriously worrying in that respect, particularly since EU environmental policy is based increasingly on market based instruments (e.g. emissions trading, tax instruments, voluntary environmental agreements) to achieve EU environmental goals.

These questions are particularly relevant to EU environmental policy, where we have seen an increase in reliance on market based instruments (the emissions trading scheme for instance).

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