Assessment:
Select from one of the options below.
For the selected Region/Country/State/City in Assessment Item, develop a framework for the promotion and implementation of cleaner production. The framework should address the challenges and barriers stated in Assessment Item 1 and could be broadly developed across following four key themes:
• Information and awareness to enable industry, governments and the community to make appropriate decisions on cleaner production
• Tools for cleaner production to be readily available for industry to be able to adopt cleaner production practices
• Regulatory and self-regulatory mechanisms designed to provide incentive structures for the adoption of cleaner production
• Strengthening the market by eliminating or compensating market-distorting practices and providing appropriate incentive and support schemes
The format of the paper is flexible. However, it should comply with the normal requirements of a paper published in a journal. The rationale behind this assessment item is to assess the student's ability to research on a given topic in cleaner production and eco-efficiency, ability to cite latest literature and reports on latest developments in this area and to assess the ability to write a research paper to the standards normally required of a journal. Students are strongly encouraged to get familiar with such requirements by referring to paper published in an international scientific journal.
4000 words