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Japan : A case study on carbon pricing

17 May 2015 - Special issues

Japan has had a long experience in emission trading schemes with the voluntary ETS which is no longer operational. Today Japan has employed domestic and bilateral offset crediting mechanisms.
Published in May 2015 by I4CE together with the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

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