The Meaning and Measurement of Burden

Report for the NAICC-CC Working Group on Emission Allocation and Burden Sharing

September 17, 2001
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The October 2000 Joint Ministers' Meeting further "directed officials to conduct analytical work... on the issue of possible provincial/territorial or sectoral allocation of any Canadian target, and how any resulting burden would be shared." The Working Group on Emission Allocation and Burden Sharing was tasked with carrying out this task and commissioned this report.

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