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Earth is now experiencing the Anthropocene Era {Ans: -which means a time when environmental change is driven by human activity -One result of the Anthropocene Era is the increase in the greenhouse effect, which might be better termed the "atmospheric blanket."}The CDM has two primary goals: {Ans: 1) to promote sustainable development in Global South countries 2) to allow industrialized countries to earn emissions credits from their investments in emission-reducing projects in the South. Created by Kyoto Protocol}What is the emissions challenge faced by developing countries? {Ans: How to reduce greenhouse emissions while raising incomes and standards of living}two-level bargaining {Ans: approach of looking at national governments and international cooperation}How do economists and policy makers rely on the concept of the social cost of carbon (SCC)? {Ans: By estimating the future cost of damage from greenhouse gas emissions and using that information to inform decisions -The SCC is how much society will need to pay in the future for releasing one ton of CO2 today, which is used to inform government policy decisions.}What is needed by climate change international projects to be successful? {Ans: Deep cooperation and required participation{To be most successful, international projects