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Catalysing private and public action for climate change mitigation: the World Bank’s role in international carbon markets

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2021
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Michaelowa, A., Michaelowa, K., Shishlov, I., & Brescia, D. (2021). Catalysing private and public action for climate change mitigation: the World Bank’s role in international carbon markets. Climate Policy, 21(1), 120–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1790334

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This policy analysis examines the role of the World Bank in shaping and stimulating international carbon markets. Adopting a public choice perspective, we argue that its engagement can be understood as a response to the joint goal of reputational and financial benefits. The detailed empirical account of the Bank’s activities – from its pioneering role through the Prototype Carbon Fund in the early 2000s, to its initiatives for upscaled crediting subsequent to the 2015 Paris Agreement – is broadly in line with this interpretation. The

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21

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1

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120

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132

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atmospheric science, general environmental science international carbon markets, carbon credits, world bank, paris agreement, kyoto protocol

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English

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2021-01

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2021-01-21

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1469-3062

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427 since deposited on 2021-01-21
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127 since deposited on 2021-01-21
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Michaelowa, A., Michaelowa, K., Shishlov, I., & Brescia, D. (2021). Catalysing private and public action for climate change mitigation: the World Bank’s role in international carbon markets. Climate Policy, 21(1), 120–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1790334

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