International Trade and Climate Change PoliciesDuncan Brack Routledge, 2013 M10 11 - 164 pages Focusing on the likely impacts on trade of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, this book examines the actual and potential conflicts between whether liberalization of trade undermines the efforts of industrialised countries to mitigate climate change. It will be essential reading for environmental economists and those engaged in international environmental relations and policy. |
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... taken to mitigate climate change irrespective of what is specifically provided for in any multilateral conventions or protocols . He makes it clear that to achieve the emission reductions of the Kyoto Protocol, a wide variety of.
... taken to mitigate climate change irrespective of what is specifically provided for in any multilateral conventions or protocols . He makes it clear that to achieve the emission reductions of the Kyoto Protocol, a wide variety of.
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... achieve the objectives of the climate change agreement is particularly vague. The Protocol states that in achieving their emission reduction commitments, Parties shall implement certain policies and measures, and then provides a general ...
... achieve the objectives of the climate change agreement is particularly vague. The Protocol states that in achieving their emission reduction commitments, Parties shall implement certain policies and measures, and then provides a general ...
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... achieve their emission reduction commitments . Countries adopting this procedure will have met their reduction commitments if their total aggregate emissions do not exceed the total of their combined amounts . Novel measures and schemes ...
... achieve their emission reduction commitments . Countries adopting this procedure will have met their reduction commitments if their total aggregate emissions do not exceed the total of their combined amounts . Novel measures and schemes ...
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... achieved , temperature would continue to increase beyond this point because of the thermal inertia of the oceans ; assuming stabilization in 2100 , only 50-90 per cent of the eventual temperature change would have occurred by then . Sea ...
... achieved , temperature would continue to increase beyond this point because of the thermal inertia of the oceans ; assuming stabilization in 2100 , only 50-90 per cent of the eventual temperature change would have occurred by then . Sea ...
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... achieved, stated the Convention, within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened, and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable ...
... achieved, stated the Convention, within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened, and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable ...
Contents
Trade impacts of climate change policies | |
Energy efficiency standards and trade | |
Energy pricing and trade | |
International taxation of bunker fuels | |
Flexibility mechanisms and trade | |
Trade measures and the Kyoto Protocol | |
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International Trade and Climate Change Policies Duncan Brack,Michael Grubb,Craig Windram Limited preview - 2000 |
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