Search for dissertations about: "Incentive-based instruments"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Incentive-based instruments.
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1. Buying Conservation : Financial Incentives for Tropical Forest Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Abstract : Market-based instruments have become a widely used approach to motivate landowners to conserve forests instead of clearing them. However, such market-based instruments are increasingly criticized for their simplistic view on complex environmental, social and economic issues; for their ethical stance; and for creating exchange value for essential ecosystems services, which potentially perpetuates a flawed economic system. READ MORE
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2. Process Industry Energy Projects in a Climate Change Conscious Economy
Abstract : Most industrial process plants consume large amounts of energy (usually in the form of steam and electricity) to produce demanded goods, such as beer or paper. However, combustion of fossil fuels has negative external effects on the Earths climate. READ MORE
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3. Words Matter in the Woods : Discourses on Deforestation in Global Climate Politics
Abstract : Over the past decade, avoiding deforestation has become a central element of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The focal point of this has been the incentive-based mechanism of REDD+, which stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. READ MORE