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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... costs of production and the competitive position of producers in the world market. Offsetting measures will be called for by those whose competitive position is adversely affected by cheaper imports not subject to the same measures in ...
... costs of production and the competitive position of producers in the world market. Offsetting measures will be called for by those whose competitive position is adversely affected by cheaper imports not subject to the same measures in ...
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... costs to energy-intensive manufacturing could result in these activities migrating to other countries, but precisely for that reason these sectors are likely to be shielded in one way or another. Reduced income in industrialized ...
... costs to energy-intensive manufacturing could result in these activities migrating to other countries, but precisely for that reason these sectors are likely to be shielded in one way or another. Reduced income in industrialized ...
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... costs could be significant; and the time and effort needed to negotiate standards on the part of policy-makers can be substantial. Given the potential for trade to spread higher standards, it seems logical to conclude that the costs of ...
... costs could be significant; and the time and effort needed to negotiate standards on the part of policy-makers can be substantial. Given the potential for trade to spread higher standards, it seems logical to conclude that the costs of ...
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... cost , and also that the potential risk of damage from climate change was enough to justify action beyond such no regrets measures . In the absence of any mitigating policy measures , global mean surface air temperature was projected to ...
... cost , and also that the potential risk of damage from climate change was enough to justify action beyond such no regrets measures . In the absence of any mitigating policy measures , global mean surface air temperature was projected to ...
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... costs undertaken by developing countries. Given strong opposition from the US, no binding policy commitments were included, but the FCCC indicated that industrial-ized countries (strictly speaking, Annex I countries, listed in the ...
... costs undertaken by developing countries. Given strong opposition from the US, no binding policy commitments were included, but the FCCC indicated that industrial-ized countries (strictly speaking, Annex I countries, listed in 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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