International Trade and Climate Change PoliciesRoyal Institute of International Affairs, Energy and Environmental Programme, 2000 - 140 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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Duncan Brack, Michael Grubb, Craig Windram. Chapter 3 Energy efficiency standards and trade The application of minimum standards of energy efficiency , and of la- bels showing energy consumption , is becoming more widespread in countries ...
Duncan Brack, Michael Grubb, Craig Windram. Chapter 3 Energy efficiency standards and trade The application of minimum standards of energy efficiency , and of la- bels showing energy consumption , is becoming more widespread in countries ...
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... energy efficiency standards and labels do not present serious barriers to trade is not , perhaps , too surprising , when the levels of the standards and labels themselves are considered . Exist- ing energy efficiency standards , and ...
... energy efficiency standards and labels do not present serious barriers to trade is not , perhaps , too surprising , when the levels of the standards and labels themselves are considered . Exist- ing energy efficiency standards , and ...
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... standards very slow . Industry resistance may decline as climate change becomes more widely accepted as a major issue and if other measures - such as energy ... efficiency standards has been led by individual states ( particularly California ) ...
... standards very slow . Industry resistance may decline as climate change becomes more widely accepted as a major issue and if other measures - such as energy ... efficiency standards has been led by individual states ( particularly California ) ...
Contents
Introduction and background | 1 |
Trade impacts of climate change policies | 24 |
Energy efficiency standards and trade | 42 |
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Annex applied Article aviation Basel Convention Border tax adjustments BTAs carbon dioxide carbon or energy carbon taxes cent CFCs Chapter clean development mechanism climate change climate change regime CO₂ coal Convention costs developing countries dispute panel domestic Duncan Brack economic effects electricity emissions reductions emissions trading emissions units energy efficiency energy efficiency standards Energy Exporters energy or carbon energy taxes European example exemptions FCCC fossil fuels fuel prices GATT global greenhouse gas greenhouse gas emissions impacts implementation important increase industrialized countries international trade investment issues Kyoto Protocol leakage manufactured marine bunker fuels ment Montreal Protocol multilateral trading system negotiations non-compliance OECD ozone particularly parties policies and measures pollution potential regulations revenue SCM Agreement standards and labels subsidies Superfund taxation technologies tion Trade and Environment trade barriers trade liberalization trade measures trade restrictions transport world trade WTO Agreement