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''Environmental policy''.  
''Environmental policy - emissions''.  
Cap and trade is an environmental policy tool that aims to deliver results with a mandatory cap on emissions while providing sources flexibility in how they comply.
 
A system that sets an overall emissions limit, allocates emissions allowances to participants, and allows them to trade allowances and emission credits with each other.


Cap and trade programmes aim to reward innovation, efficiency, and early action and to provide environmental accountability without inhibiting economic growth.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Carbon trading]]
* [[Carbon trading]]
* [[CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme]]
* [[Emission trading scheme ]]
* [[Emission trading scheme ]]
* [[Emissions]]
* [[Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting]]


[[Category:Ethics_and_corporate_governance]]

Latest revision as of 01:33, 4 August 2021

Environmental policy - emissions.

A system that sets an overall emissions limit, allocates emissions allowances to participants, and allows them to trade allowances and emission credits with each other.


See also