Europe and Global Climate Change: Politics, Foreign Policy and Regional CooperationPaul G. Harris Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007 M01 1 - 415 pages This book is likely to become the definitive study on European global climate change politics. Its focus on the formulation, ratification, and implementation of the Kyoto Protocol within Europe make it essential reading for all who wish to understand how |
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Page viii
... emissions trading and CO2 / energy taxes : status within the EU ( 2005 ) 261 12.1 The EU and emissions trading 283 12.2 Emissions commitments and trends : Germany and Norway 286 List of contributors Guri Bang is a senior research fellow.
... emissions trading and CO2 / energy taxes : status within the EU ( 2005 ) 261 12.1 The EU and emissions trading 283 12.2 Emissions commitments and trends : Germany and Norway 286 List of contributors Guri Bang is a senior research fellow.
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... Emissionshandel zur Bekämpfung des Treibhauseeffektes (German Emissions Trading Group) activities implemented jointly Autoridad Nacional Designada (Designated National Authority) (Spain) Alliance of Small Island States Allocation Plan ...
... Emissionshandel zur Bekämpfung des Treibhauseeffektes (German Emissions Trading Group) activities implemented jointly Autoridad Nacional Designada (Designated National Authority) (Spain) Alliance of Small Island States Allocation Plan ...
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... emissions reduction units emissions trading emissions trading system European Union 15 Member States of the EU prior to enlargement on 1 May 2004 Ministerie van Economische Zaken Food and Agricultural Organization Framework Convention ...
... emissions reduction units emissions trading emissions trading system European Union 15 Member States of the EU prior to enlargement on 1 May 2004 Ministerie van Economische Zaken Food and Agricultural Organization Framework Convention ...
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... emissions trading International Fund for Agricultural Development International Forest Industry Roundtable International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
... emissions trading International Fund for Agricultural Development International Forest Industry Roundtable International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
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... emissions by developed countries ( Houghton et al . 1996 ) . The resulting Geneva Declaration served as the ... trading programs that would allow developed countries to buy and sell emissions credits among themselves . Other so - called ...
... emissions by developed countries ( Houghton et al . 1996 ) . The resulting Geneva Declaration served as the ... trading programs that would allow developed countries to buy and sell emissions credits among themselves . Other so - called ...
Contents
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domestic sources of environmental foreign policy | 41 |
the United Kingdom in European climate policy | 63 |
foreign policy of the Netherlands | 87 |
5 Climatic issues in Polish foreign policy | 113 |
6 Sweden climate change and the EU context | 139 |
accommodating environmental foreign policy in a federal state | 161 |
Norwegian NGOs in the climate change negotiations | 185 |
land use domestic stakeholders and EU foreign policy | 233 |
international regimes and policy diffusion | 255 |
EU influence on Norway and Germany | 279 |
13 Climate change policy and the enlargement of the EU | 305 |
German European and international politics | 323 |
international equity and justice in European policy | 349 |
power interests and ideas in domestic and international politics | 393 |
Index | 407 |
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Page 357 - The Parties should protect the climate system for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.
Page 8 - IPCC's conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations accurately reflects the current thinking of the scientific community on this issue.
Page 360 - ... the developed country Parties. 4. The developed country Parties and other developed Parties included in annex II shall also assist the developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting costs of adaptation to those adverse effects.
Page 357 - Noting that the largest share of historical and current global emissions of greenhouse gases has originated in developed countries, that per capita emissions in developing countries are still relatively low and that the share of global emissions originating in developing countries will grow to meet their social and development needs...
Page 306 - The Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States.
Page 8 - This projected rate of warming is much larger than the observed changes during the twentieth century and is "very likely to be without precedent during at least the last 10,000 years.