360-2 Emissions Trading in Practice: A Handbook on Design and Implementation

Summary

This handbook is intended to help decision makers, policy practitioners, and stakeholders achieve the goal of maximizing the effectiveness of ETS. It explains the rationale for an ETS and sets out the most important steps of ETS design. In doing so, it draws both on conceptual analysis and on some of the most important practical lessons learned to date from implementing ETSs around the world.

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Issuer

World Bank

Year

2016

Region

International

Issuer (type)

World Bank (International)

Policy Type

Other sustainability policy

Geographical scope

International

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

Main industries targeted

Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas Extraction
Manufacturing
Finance & Insurance
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting

Restrictiveness

Low

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals