Source: Tim Jackson, Katie Begg, P-E Morthorst, and Stuart Parkinson.
2001. Evaluating Joint Implementation Options: An illustrative analysis.
In: Flexibility in Climate Policy: Making the Kyoto Mechanisms Work. Eds.
Tim Jackson, Katie Begg, and Stuart Parkinson. Earthscan. London. P. 166
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Agents
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Primary Interests
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Secondary Interests
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| International Bodies |
- Environment
- Countries keep to their reduction commitments (to obtain the
full environmental effects)
- An environmentally and economically efficient emission-reduction
effort (to ensure the success and credibility of the policy)
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- JI as development aid
- Transfer of Technology
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| Donor countries |
- Buy the emissions reduction as cheaply as possible
- Keep the emission-reduction targets (to avoid a bad reputation
and to avoid possible sanctions)
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- Environment
- Promote national technology and products in the host countries
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| Host countries Annex I |
- Sell emissions at as high a price as possible - without hindering
the fulfillment of the country's own commitments at low costs
(good business)
- New and resource-saving techniques are introduced and financed
by foreign countries/firms/industries
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- Local environmental benefits
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| Donor firms or industries |
- Avoid the burden of national measures (fixed commitments, taxes,
etc) and buy emission reductions as cheaply as possible
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- Promote own products or own technology
- Promote a desired environmental profile
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| Host firms or industries |
- Sell emission reductions as expensively as possible
- New and resource-saving techniques are financed by foreign countries/firms/industries
(may be a competitive advantage)
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- Local environmental benefits
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