Making markets: Unpacking design and governance of carbon market mechanisms

This paper identifies the key design elements of market mechanisms and examines the governance structures and decision-making processes used to create tradable greenhouse gas (GHG) units in existing systems both inside and outside of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Development Co-operation Report 2012

Noted actors in development share their views on what progress has been made from the past 50 years, the remaining challenges and the way toward a more efficient future in development.

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Rapid urbanisation, population growth and rising income are generating environmental pressures in Mexico. This review outlines steps taken to address these pressures and identifies cost-effective policies and practices to promote green growth and achieve environmental policy objectives.

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This review aims to improve our understanding of the implications of the insights from behavioural economics for environmental policy design. The review focuses on the question of incentive design in two broad areas — risk, conflict and cooperation; and mechanism design. A number of lessons for policy design emerge from the literature and are highlighted in the paper.

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For many businesses, declining ecosystem services can pose real risks to their continued profitability. This has motivated some to adopt innovative internal biodiversity policies and engage in a range of activities that conserve biodiversity and improve ecosystem functioning.