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How the ENGOs Can Fight the Industrial/Business Lobby with Their Tools from Their Own Field? ENGOs Participation in Emissions Trading Market

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  • Elias Asproudis

    (Department of Economics, School of Management, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, University of Swansea, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK)

  • Thomas Weyman-Jones

    (School of Business and Economics, Leicestershire, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK)

Abstract

In this article, we explain how several environmental groups are attempting to influence environmental policy by changing the total amount of pollution allowed within the tradable emissions market. We highlight the case where environmental groups may participate in strategic behaviour to resemble co-operative coalition behaviour. We present an interesting way that environmental groups can encourage their goal of reducing pollution, contrary to the industrial/business groups’ desires. This is a major concern in our world, and such a new approach could be adopted more broadly.

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  • Elias Asproudis & Thomas Weyman-Jones, 2020. "How the ENGOs Can Fight the Industrial/Business Lobby with Their Tools from Their Own Field? ENGOs Participation in Emissions Trading Market," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-13, October.
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