A comprehensive overview of tradable emission permits and their role in pollution control.
An increase in global greenhouse gas emissions due to the relocation of businesses from countries with strict environmental policies to those with lenient policies.
A comprehensive overview of emission taxes, their objectives, frameworks, and implications in economic contexts.
Substances given off by human activities or productive processes, which may have adverse external effects.
Reusing goods that have served their original purpose for cost-saving and environmental benefits.
Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity of an activity, particularly in reference to emissions and pollutants.
The cost associated with reducing pollution levels from both production and consumption activities.
Policies and strategies aimed at reducing or eliminating pollution.
A comprehensive guide to understanding the biodiversity index, its significance, and its application in economics.
A natural or artificial system that absorbs more carbon dioxide (CO2) from the environment than it releases, serving as a tool to combat global warming.
A tax on carbon dioxide emissions designed to correct an environmental negative externality.
Non-toxic chemicals that have been historically used in refrigeration and aerosols, known to deplete the ozone layer.
A significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of meteorological elements, calculated for different periods but relating to the same area.
A comprehensive overview and analysis of common access resources, their characteristics, and their economic implications.
A method used to obtain an economic valuation of a non-market good such as the natural environment.
An international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme.
An international agreement aimed at ensuring that trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
Exploring the double-dividend hypothesis, which argues that environmental taxes can simultaneously reduce negative externalities and provide fiscal benefits.
A fee or tax on polluting discharges into the environment, aimed at environmental restoration or discouraging pollutant emissions.
A permit that allows the holder to emit pollution up to a specified level, playing a vital role in pollution control and emissions trading.
A tax on the consumption of energy from fossil fuels, aimed at conserving non-renewable energy resources and mitigating global warming.
Study of the economic effects of national or local environmental policies.
A measure of gross domestic product (GDP) that takes into account degradation of the environment.
Exploring Green Taxes: Fiscal policies aimed at mitigating environmental impact through taxation.
Greenhouse gases are pivotal atmospheric constituents that trap heat, contributing to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
An exploration of the marginal cost of abatement and its implications in economic theory and environmental regulation.
Policies and actions aimed at limiting the extent of global warming primarily by reducing the level of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere.
An international agreement reached in 1987 to reduce the production and consumption of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halon, substances which deplete the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere.
An examination of natural assets, encompassing natural resources such as land, water, air, biosphere, ecosystem, and minerals.
Exploring natural resources as factors of production including land, minerals, water, and sea resources.
The concept of social welfare maximization by balancing the costs and benefits of pollution.
A comprehensive overview of the ozone layer, its significance, risks from depletion, and global regulatory measures like the Montreal Protocol.
An entry on 'Permit to Pollute', explaining its definition, purpose, and economic implications within pollution control frameworks.
The principle that requires the polluting party to bear the costs associated with mitigating pollution, in line with the damage caused to society or the level of pollution exceeding acceptable standards.
Damage to the environment by the emission of noxious substances, impacting air, water, and land surfaces.
Methods and policies to reduce pollution including taxation, quantitative restrictions, and alternative technologies.
A government-issued permit that entitles a firm to emit a specified quantity of pollution.
An examination of pollution standards—regulated limits on pollutants as imposed by governments.
A comprehensive exploration of the term 'rainforest,' including its economic and environmental significance.
Natural or man-made resources that are replenishable at least as fast as they are consumed or used up
A comprehensive examination of smog, its causes, historical significance, and its classification as a negative externality.
