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TYPOLOGY OF INSTRUMENTS

  1. Regulatory Instruments

  2. Performance Standards
    Ambient Standards
    Technology Standards
    Limits
    Bans/Prohibitions and Phase-Outs
    Quota

  3. Economic Instruments

  4. Fiscal Instruments
    Pollution Taxes
    Input Taxes
    Product Taxes
    Land Use Taxes
    Tax Differentiation
    Royalties and Resource Taxes
    Investment Tax Credits
    Accelerated Depreciation
    Other Tax Exemptions/Allowances
    Subsidies

    Charge Systems
    Emission/Effluent Charges
    Depletion Charges
    Input Charges
    Product Charges
    User Charges/Fees
    Access Fees
    Road Tolls
    Feebates

    Market Creation
    Tradeable Emission Permits
    Tradeable Catch Quotas
    Tradeable Water Shares
    Tradeable Resource Shares

    Property Rights
    Land Titles
    Water Rights
    Use Rights

    Financial Mechanisms

    Grants/Soft Loans
    Environmental or Green Funds
    Debt-for-Nature Swaps
    Distributive Credits
    Location/Relocation Incentives

    Green Procurement
    Joint Implementation
    Deposit-Refund Systems
    Performance Bonds

  5. Public/Information Instruments

  6. Education and Training
    Public Information Campaigns
    Eco-labelling
    Partnership Projects
    Voluntary Agreements
    Pollution Release Inventories

  7. Land Use/Urban Planning

  8. Resource Management
    Physical Planning
    Waste Collection Systems
    Mass Transit

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