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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... raising key questions of international competitiveness. Energy and carbon taxes have a valuable role to play in incorporating environmental externalities – chiefly, climate change – in prices and decision-making, and could usefully be ...
... raising key questions of international competitiveness. Energy and carbon taxes have a valuable role to play in incorporating environmental externalities – chiefly, climate change – in prices and decision-making, and could usefully be ...
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... raises questions of technical feasibility and also of the inter- relationship with the MTS which can, however, be resolved. The implementation of the Protocol may also lead to the development of trade restrictions between parties (as in ...
... raises questions of technical feasibility and also of the inter- relationship with the MTS which can, however, be resolved. The implementation of the Protocol may also lead to the development of trade restrictions between parties (as in ...
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... raises the temperature of the surface well above the level it would otherwise be — indeed, without this process ... raise global temperatures by approximately 4 ° C . Further scientific investigations Climate change and the Kyoto ...
... raises the temperature of the surface well above the level it would otherwise be — indeed, without this process ... raise global temperatures by approximately 4 ° C . Further scientific investigations Climate change and the Kyoto ...
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... such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), at least in industrialized countries, are a tribute to their efficacy. However, increasing environmental standards raise the issue of international competitiveness. It is a common perception that.
... such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), at least in industrialized countries, are a tribute to their efficacy. However, increasing environmental standards raise the issue of international competitiveness. It is a common perception that.
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... raise costs. Thus competitiveness concerns are likely to remain an important part of the debate. The. multilateral. trading. system. The other main area of interaction between trade and environmental policies arises from the potential for ...
... raise costs. Thus competitiveness concerns are likely to remain an important part of the debate. The. multilateral. trading. system. The other main area of interaction between trade and environmental policies arises from the potential for ...
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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