| Description |
1 online resource (xliii, 430 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Contains the full text of the key European Union documents setting up the EU Emissions Allowance Trading Scheme and the Linking Directive. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The international rules on the Kyoto mechanisms / Farhana Yamin -- The EU Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme / Jurgen Lefevre -- Development and implementation of the Kyoto mechanisms world wide -- Emissions trading under the Kyoto protocol : how fare from the ideal? / Richard Baron and Michel Colombier -- Trading through the flexibility mechanisms : quantifying the size of the Kyoto markets / Odile Blanchard -- Implementation challenges : insights from the EU Emission allowance trading scheme / Fiona Mullins -- Joint implementation and emission trading in central and eastern Europe / Jason Anderson and Rob Bradley -- Implementing the clean development mechanism and emissions trading beyond Europe / Martijn Wilder -- The clean development mechanism: a tool for promoting long-term climate protection and sustainable development? / Mark Kenber -- Determination of baselines and additionality for the CDM : a crucial element of credibility of the climate regime / Axel Michaelowa -- Creating the foundations for host country participation in the CDM : experiences and challenges in CDM building / Axel Michaelowa -- Conclusion : mechanisms, linkages and the direction of the future climate regime / Erik Haites. |
| Summary |
Climate change is an environmental problem of unprecedented complexity, not just in terms of its physical, social, economic and political impacts, but particularly in terms of the range of policy instruments being designed by countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Change and Carbon Markets aims to provide an accessible and practical guide to cutting edge market-based mechanisms which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This book is a guide for national and international policy-makers and industry professionals, who need to understand the carbon markets established pursuant to. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Government policy.
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Climatic changes -- Government policy. |
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Emissions trading -- Government policy.
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Emissions trading -- Government policy. |
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Emissions trading. |
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Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Government policy.
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Carbon dioxide mitigation. |
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Government policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Yamin, Farhana.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Climate change and carbon markets. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005 (DLC) 2004022383 (OCoLC)56617310 |
| ISBN |
9781849770781 (electronic book) |
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1849770786 (electronic book) |
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9781844071630 (hardback) |
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1844071634 (hardback) |
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1417582987 (electronic book) |
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9781417582983 (electronic book) |
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