On Carbon Emission Quotas as Objects of Carbon Emission Rights
Due to unclear legal attributes of carbon emission rights,rigid traditional property rights think-ing,and inaccurate expression of legal policies,atmospheric environmental capacity is mistakenly regarded as the object of carbon emission rights,and the independent legal status of carbon emission quotas is therefore ig-nored.Carbon emission rights are not the rights representing emission qualifications,but property rights with carbon emission quotas as the object.The carbon emission quota system is the direct object of various market mechanisms,with the physical value of linking atmospheric environmental capacity and filling the gaps in car-bon trading theory.Carbon emission quotas have the attributes of invisibility,dual economic value sources,and limited profit,which are different from existing types of rights and objects.Therefore,it is necessary to es-tablish them as a new object type,which is also of practical significance for maintaining the balance between government management and market self-regulation in the carbon market.
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