Este trabalho analisa a questão ambiental presente nas políticas públicas para a região amazônica, incluindo a Lei de Gestão de Florestas Públicas (Lei 11.284/06), sancionada com o objetivo de regulamentar a gestão de florestas públicas no Brasil e promover o desenvolvimento...

Africa is a continent that has abundant renewable and non-renewable energy resources. Regardless of the presence of these resources, it is noted that the continent has significant challenges in providing reliable and modern energy services to most of its population, thereby increasing...

Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a milestone towards global carbon mitigation efforts which resulted in the establishment of carbon markets. Pakistan has ratified Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and implemented it in 2005. It contributes towards...

As a renewable energy source, wind power is playing an increasingly important role in China's electricity supply. Meanwhile, China is also the world's largest market for clean development mechanism (CDM) wind power projects. Based on the data of 27 wind power projects of Inner Mongolia...

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a mechanism defined in the Kyoto protocol that incentivizes parties to the protocol to fund sustainable development projects in countries that are not party to the protocol. We analyze a target contract financing structure for different CDM projects in...

This paper explores how carbon traders nurture the business ecosystem to sustain the emerging carbon trading industry development. We collected primary data from a multinational carbon trader and its ecosystem partners in China, through the construction of interviews and documentary. The...

Most of the countries have access to large amounts of water through rivers and canal. With this renewable resource, electricity can be generated without polluting the environment. Because of the increasing in electricity demand, it is important to estimate the future potential of hydropower. It...

Desde a década de 90 quando a questão ambiental envolvendo as mudanças climáticas foi debatida no âmbito internacional até os dias de hoje, mudanças significativas ocorreram em torno deste tema. Hoje para cientistas, pesquisadores e para a sociedade, o aquecimento global e suas...

Linking a cap-and-trade with an offset mechanism has many theoretical advantages: it reduces compliance costs, extends the price signal outside the cap-and-trade, and triggers technology transfer. However, it is feared that such linking will induce outsourcing of emissions reduction at a low...