Beyond the emission market: Kyoto and the international expansion of waste management firms
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Costa, Ionara
Doranova, Asel
Eenhoorn, Geert-Jan
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This paper analyses the participation of firms without GHG emission liabilities as technology
providers in CDM and JI projects, the flexibility mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol. It argues
that the motivations for those firms to engaging in CDM and JI projects is based on market
stimuli beyond those related to the emission market itself. Instead, their motivations are largely
associated with search for new markets where their technological resources and expertise can be
exploited. The analysis is based on three firms from the Dutch waste management industry.
These cases suggest that the Kyoto’s mechanisms compensate to some extent the weakness of the
underdeveloped waste management sector in developing and transition economies.
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2008-09
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