Essays about: "tradable permits"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words tradable permits.

1. 1. Development of Water Markets in the Yellow River Basin: A Case-Study of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Jesper Svensson; [2014]
   Keywords : Water markets; institutions; central-local relations; water management; Yellow River Basin; water-energy nexus; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Yellow River Basin Commission (YRCC) is struggling with demand and supply water imbalances due to inter-jurisdictional rivalries, and has consequently promoted the development of water rights trading to incentivize provinces from not exceeding their allocated withdrawals in the Yellow River Basin (YRB). This thesis employs the case of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to examine factors that facilitate or hinder market-based water rights allocation in the YRB. READ MORE

3. 2. Trading with Carbon:Technological Trends in Swedish Industries from a Climate Perspective

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Tomas Hagberg; Susanna Roth; [2010-06-16]
   Keywords : EU ETS; ; European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme; Sweden; environmental policy; tradable permits; adoption; diffusion; carbon abatement technology; green technology; environmental protection investments;

   Abstract : As means for meeting the goals of the Kyoto protocol the European Union launched the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) for tradable permits on carbon dioxide in 2005. One of the purposes of ETS is to create incentives for firms to invest in carbon abatement technology. READ MORE

4. 3. Investigating the development of forest-based bioenergy: Transferring knowledge from Sweden to Poland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Dinko Bilic; [2010]
   Keywords : Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Bound by the European Union policy, Poland needs to increase the share of renewable energy by 7,5% by 2010 and 15% by 2020. Biomass was once viewed as the largest potential for expansion of renewable energy in Poland. READ MORE

5. 4. Transaction Costs for Swedish Actors Participating in the European Trading Scheme

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Caroline Bergman; Maria Ingelson; [2006]
   Keywords : European Trading Scheme ETS ; carbon dioxide; transaction costs; environmental regulations; tradable permits; Kyoto Protocol; externalities; small firms;

   Abstract : On January the 1st 2005 the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) took effect. The idea of the scheme is to minimize the marginal control cost for carbon dioxide emission reduction through trade with transferable permits. As a member of the European Union, Sweden is subject to the rules and regulations of the ETS. READ MORE

6. 5. Handel med utsläppsrätter : hur företagsstrategier påverkas

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Anna Arvidsson; Maria Larsson; [2005]
   Keywords : Kyotoprotokollet; handel med utsläppsrätter; utsläppsrätter; koldioxid; strategier; miljöstrategier; attityder; stålföretag; fjärrvärmeföretag.;

   Abstract : Climate change is one of the most difficult problems that humans have to deal with. Today, the evidence of human effects on the climate change and the rise of temperature on earth are strong. It is extremely important that all countries get together and cooperate in order to be able to solve the problem with climate change. READ MORE