the airline in the world. The second factor is tax. Tax is not only an effective way to increase government revenue‚ but also a method to control the business activities. Recently‚ OPEC decided to impose small carbon tax on petroleum exported to rich countries. The purpose of imposing carbon tax is funding. The revenue will be transferred to the Green Climate Fund directly. The idea of imposing this tax is good but this decision will cause heavy burden on many industry especially aviation. As petroleum
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Should purchase and sale of organs be permitted? By Gary Becker THERE were about 50‚000 persons on the waiting list for kidney transplants in the United States in the year 2000‚ but only about 15‚000 kidney transplant operations were performed. This implies an average wait of almost four years before a person on the waiting list could receive a kidney transplant. In addition‚ the cumulative gap between demand and supply for livers was over 10‚000‚ which implies an average wait for a liver
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE [pic] BY SHIRLENE KOLA-BANKOLE 03005093 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE “We believe Climate Change is one of the most significant environmental challenges of the 21st century... voluntary action alone cannot solve the problem.” Henry Paulson‚ CHAIRMAN‚ GOLDMAN SACHS INTRODUCTION Environmental challenges‚ particularly climate change are something we all have to think about. Politicians from David Cameron to Gordon
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• The Main Markets for Carbon Exchange ✓ About Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)‚ launched in 2003‚ is the world’s first and North America’s only active voluntary‚ legally binding integrated trading system to reduce emissions of all six major greenhouse gases (GHGs)‚ with offset projects worldwide. Please see http://www.chicagoclimatex.com/ ✓ About European Climate Exchange (ECX) The European Climate Exchange (ECX) was launched by CCX in 2005‚ and is now
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The economic challenges facing the Caribbean The Caribbean is far from immune from the global economic crisis. Although many Governments initially thought themselves safe from its effects it has become apparent that every nation will see: • Falling remittances from nationals overseas; • A significant decline in tourism/visitor arrivals (forecast by some governments to be down by between 30 and 40 per cent for the year); • volatile exchange rates and in particular the a fall in income
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Give a brief description of the Nossal Institute for Global Health (Nossal) Nossal Institute of Global Health was established in 2006. Nossal is “actively involved in research‚ education and improving health practices” (Grimard‚ C 2009) in developing areas such as Asia Pacific and Southern Africa. The major countries include India‚ Indonesia‚ Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Papua New Guinea and Mozambique (The Nossal Institute For Global Health‚ 2009). Mike Sewell was a general manager and secretary for Nossal.
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The Iron-Carbon Diagram There are two iron-carbon equilibrium diagrams: - stable iron-graphite Fe-Gr - metastable iron-cementite Fe-Fe3C The stable condition usually takes a very long time to develop. The metastable diagram is of more interest. Fe3C iron carbide called cementite because it is hard. Following phases exist on Fe-Fe3C diagram: - liquid solution of iron and carbon (L) - ferrite ( ) – an interstitial solid solution of carbon in Fe (bcc). At room temperature ferrite is ductile but
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there is some serious concern about the welfare of humans over the next century. However the predicament of global warming originates from economic theory. The fact that there has been such a detrimental effect on the planet from the extensive use of carbon dioxide emitting fossil fuels and ozone depleting chemicals shows that the private market is not capable of producing an economically efficient outcome. Externalities evolve when activities affect a third party who is not involved in this activity(Swann
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ECONOMICS PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS HOMEWORK Nº 1 – ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS HOMEWORK GUIDELINES Individual Homework Assignments and Concept‐In‐Action Oral Presentation Please read through this whole page before you send anything: 1. If you have a reading assignment‚ read it. Do not go looking for answers only. 2. Please‚ inside the file‚ write at the top of the page the following information of your homework: date
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29‚ Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions‚ 1973. Carbon Finance Online‚ ―No run-up in EUA prices this year—Nomura‖‚ available at http://www.carbon-financeonline.com/index.cfm?section=lead&action=view&id=12200. 12 Committee on Accounting Procedure (CAP) of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)‚ Accounting Research Bulletin No. 43 (ARB 43)‚ Chapter 4‚ ―Inventory Pricing‖‚ 1953. European Commission (EC)‚ ―Emission Trading System (EU ETS)‖‚ available at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/emission/index_en
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