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Manual on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
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Economic Instruments to Facilitate Implementation

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Economic instruments: In conformity with their obligations under applicable international agreements, parties can consider use of economic instruments to facilitate efficient implementation of multilateral environmental agreements. see full text

Economic instruments can be a very effective way of inducing compliance, raising funds for enforcement activities and environmental protection and cutting compliance and enforcement costs.

Economic incentives are basically approaches to environmental management that use market forces, e.g. fees, tradable permits, tax incentives, subsidies, pollution taxes etc. to achieve desired behaviour changes in the regulated community. Guideline 41(g) and the accompanying discussion, expand upon the scope, diversity, and application of economic instruments.

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