Policy incentives for greenhouse gas removal techniques: the risks of premature inclusion in carbon markets and the need for a multi-pronged policy framework
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mitigation; negative emissions; GGR; carbon markets; policy instruments; governance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2022-07-25 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2022-07-25 (Environmental Economics)
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