Trading with the Environment: Ecology, economics, institutions and policyRoutledge, 2013 M11 26 - 160 pages Should there be firmer restrictions on trade, with more policies aimed at protecting its environmental impacts, or would the environment benefit most from unrestricted free trade? Do importing countries have a responsibility only to their local ecosystems, or are they also responsible for environmental degradation caused by the production of traded goods in exporting countries? Trading the Environment examines both the dependence and the effects of international trade on the earth's life support systems and looks at ways in which trading regulations could be adapted to promote ecologically sustainable economic development. It addresses the issues from a fully integrated approach, focusing on the interrelations between ecosystems, economic development and trade. The authors provide a carefully constructed ecological and economic analysis of trade and the environment, examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks and set out 16 recommendations to achieve environment beneficial trade at both national and international levels. Trading with the environment was originally commissioned by the Swedish government and is already regarded thereon essential reference. It makes an excellent introduction as well as constructive analysis, both for students and for policy-makers and professional economics and other scientists working on the issues. Published in 1995 |
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... dimensions Figure 16 Interactions among consumers, companies and governments. Boxes. Box 1 Environmental technology: a growth sector for the 1990's Box 2 Environmental effects of transportation Box 3 The foundations List of illustrations.
... environmental technology industry: relative importance and expected growth Table 2 The market for environmental technology: volume 1990 and growth Table 3 Relationships between Swedish imports and exports of fish products, 1986 Table 4 ...
... environment and their relation to production, consumption and environmental technology. The next section explores the economic efficiency of society, the economic valuation of the environment, and the role of functioning ecosystems as ...
... Environmental. technology. of. the. future. Technological development plays a decisive role regarding opportunities ... environmental problems as acidification and climate change. Sweden has started the move towards an ecocyclic society by ...
... environment without degrading it. This is called ecological technology and is an example of how society can respond to the challenge of actively connecting production and consumption with the ecosystem's support capacity29 . One example ...
Contents
Economic Perspectives on Trade and the Environment | |
Trade Regulations the Institutional Framework and Current | |
The New Playing Field Towards Sustainable Development | |
International environmental agreements with trade provisions | |
Excerpts from the GATT | |
Trade and Environment in the GATT | |