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Gonzalo Moyano

Fellow, Global Climate Finance Project and Fellow, Institute for Policy Integrity, NYU School of Law

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Gonzalo Moyano, is a Fellow for the Climate Finance Project. His current research focuses on the role of advanced developing economies in the creation of decentralized mechanisms for climate finance. Gonzalo is also working on the expansion of the Climate Finance Project in Latin America. He is also a Legal Fellow at the Institute for Policy Integrity, where he researches on the use of cost-benefit analysis in environmental policy of developing countries. He is among the contributing authors of a forthcoming book tentatively titled, "Global Cost-Benefit Analysis".

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December 8, 2010 10:05 AM

Developing Nations Dealing With Climate Need Attention From COP16

Outside the auspices of COP16, a number of developing countries like India and Chile are starting to consider using market mechanisms like carbon caps to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. That climate action is taking place at all is good news at a conference that doesn't appear to be headed towards a breakthrough. In the time remaining in Cancun, negotiations should try to deal with these budding programs.

And there is plenty to deal with. To start, a substantial number of these nations, without specific expertise in these kinds of complex arrangements, will require assistance to ensure the policies work the way they are supposed to. Implementing market mechanisms is not an easy thing for developing nations to t