Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner’s Handbook

This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-ef...

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Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26623076/green-incentives-climate-competitive-industries-practitioner’s-handbook
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spelling okr-10986-249782021-05-25T08:51:05Z Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner’s Handbook World Bank Group resource efficiency incentive schemes climate change climate policy competitiveness green finance trading schemes This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-efficiency program in a country on behalf of the government, development finance institution (DFI) or other institution. It is intended to be applicable to most, if not all, resource-efficiency issues and incentives. However, it has a particular focus on energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank’s Climate Competitive Industries program, and is an area with a high level of interest from industry stakeholders. This handbook will help practitioners to understand: (i) why incentives should be used; (ii) the kinds of incentives that are available; (iii) how incentives can be combined; (iv) how to diagnose the resource-efficiency issues and potential for action in the country; (v) what the key considerations are in the selection and design on an incentive; and (vi) which institutional processes are required to support implementation of an incentive. It sets out the key considerations in designing and implementing an incentive for resource efficiency. Given the breadth of the potential areas of application, the handbook provides an introduction to each incentive type and sets out the skeleton approach to implementing an incentive. Further reading and support will be required at key stages to enable readers to undertake some of the technical aspects of implementation. For this reason, the handbook should be considered the entry point for any party considering an incentive scheme for resource efficiency. However, additional expertise may need to be sought when it comes to the actual design of a specific incentive. 2016-08-29T21:19:15Z 2016-08-29T21:19:15Z 2016 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26623076/green-incentives-climate-competitive-industries-practitioner’s-handbook http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24978 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic resource efficiency
incentive schemes
climate change
climate policy
competitiveness
green finance
trading schemes
spellingShingle resource efficiency
incentive schemes
climate change
climate policy
competitiveness
green finance
trading schemes
World Bank Group
Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner’s Handbook
description This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-efficiency program in a country on behalf of the government, development finance institution (DFI) or other institution. It is intended to be applicable to most, if not all, resource-efficiency issues and incentives. However, it has a particular focus on energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank’s Climate Competitive Industries program, and is an area with a high level of interest from industry stakeholders. This handbook will help practitioners to understand: (i) why incentives should be used; (ii) the kinds of incentives that are available; (iii) how incentives can be combined; (iv) how to diagnose the resource-efficiency issues and potential for action in the country; (v) what the key considerations are in the selection and design on an incentive; and (vi) which institutional processes are required to support implementation of an incentive. It sets out the key considerations in designing and implementing an incentive for resource efficiency. Given the breadth of the potential areas of application, the handbook provides an introduction to each incentive type and sets out the skeleton approach to implementing an incentive. Further reading and support will be required at key stages to enable readers to undertake some of the technical aspects of implementation. For this reason, the handbook should be considered the entry point for any party considering an incentive scheme for resource efficiency. However, additional expertise may need to be sought when it comes to the actual design of a specific incentive.
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title Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner’s Handbook
title_short Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner’s Handbook
title_full Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner’s Handbook
title_fullStr Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner’s Handbook
title_full_unstemmed Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner’s Handbook
title_sort green incentives for climate competitive industries : a practitioner’s handbook
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26623076/green-incentives-climate-competitive-industries-practitioner’s-handbook
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