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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... cent by the period 2008–2012. In November 1998, the Buenos Aires Plan of Action was agreed to for finalizing the Protocol's outstanding details by the end of the year 2000. The negotiation of the mechanisms to implement the objectives ...
... cent by the period 2008–2012. In November 1998, the Buenos Aires Plan of Action was agreed to for finalizing the Protocol's outstanding details by the end of the year 2000. The negotiation of the mechanisms to implement the objectives ...
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... cent a year since the signing of the Marrakesh agreement in 1994 marking the completion of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations begun in 1986.1 The multilateral trading system (MTS) overseen by the World Trade Organization (WTO) now ...
... cent a year since the signing of the Marrakesh agreement in 1994 marking the completion of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations begun in 1986.1 The multilateral trading system (MTS) overseen by the World Trade Organization (WTO) now ...
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... cent below 1990 levels by the period 2008–12. If implemented, the Kyoto Protocol is likely to be the most far-reaching multilateral environmental agreement (MEA) to have been agreed to date, with a marked impact in particular on the way ...
... cent below 1990 levels by the period 2008–12. If implemented, the Kyoto Protocol is likely to be the most far-reaching multilateral environmental agreement (MEA) to have been agreed to date, with a marked impact in particular on the way ...
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... cent from pre - industrial times , and methane concentrations had almost doubled . Global mean surface temperature had increased by 0.3-0.6 ° C since the late 19th century , and recent years had been among the warmest since at least ...
... cent from pre - industrial times , and methane concentrations had almost doubled . Global mean surface temperature had increased by 0.3-0.6 ° C since the late 19th century , and recent years had been among the warmest since at least ...
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... cent despite their commitments under the FCCC, and discounting the recent declines in the former Soviet Union, world-wide emissions had contin ued to increase at more than 2 per cent per annum. In March 1995 the first Conference of the ...
... cent despite their commitments under the FCCC, and discounting the recent declines in the former Soviet Union, world-wide emissions had contin ued to increase at more than 2 per cent per annum. In March 1995 the first Conference of the ...
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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