International trade regulation and the mitigation of climate change : World Trade Forum /
International Trade Regulation & the Mitigation of Climate Change
edited by Thomas Cottier, Olga Nartova and Sadeq Z. Bigdeli.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 437 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Earth in the greenhouse: a challenge for the twenty-first century / A survey of Kyoto tools for greenhouse gas reductions: speculations on post-Kyoto scenarios / International environmental law and the evolving concept of 'common concern of mankind' / Domestic and international strategies to address climate change: an overview of the WTO legal issues / How to think about PPMs (and climate change) / Tilting at conventional WTO wisdom / Private climate change standards and labelling schemes under the WTO agreement on technical barriers / Incentive schemes to promote renewables and the WTO law of subsidies / The WTO and climate change 'incentives' / Certifying biofuels: benefits for the environment, development and trade? / GATS, financial services and trade in renewable energy certificates (RECs) -- just another market-based solution to cope with the tragedy of the commons? / Assessment of GATS' impact on climate change mitigation / GATS' commitments on environmental services: 'hover through the fog and filthy air?' / International transfer of technologies: recent developments in the climate change context / TRIMS and the clean development mechanism -- potential conflicts / Balancing investors' interests and global policy objectives in a carbon constrained world: the interface of international economic law with the clean development mechanism / Procurement policies, Kyoto compliance and the WTO agreement on government procurement: the case of the EU green electricity procurement and the PPMs debate / Procurement and the World Trade Organization: purchase power or pester power? / Institutional challenges to enhance policy co-ordination: how WTO rules could be utilised to meet climate objectives? / Environmental goods and services: the environmental area initiative approach and climate change / Thomas Stocker -- José Romero and Karine Stegwart -- Thomas Cottier and Sofya Matteotti-Berkutova -- Robert Howse and Antonia L. Eliason -- Donald H. Regan -- Daniel C. Crosby -- Arthur E. Appleton -- Sadeq Z. Bigdeli -- Gary N. Horlick -- Simonetta Zarrilli and Jennifer Burnett -- Panagiotis Delimatsis and Despina Mavromati -- Olga Nartova -- Rudolf Adlung -- Felix Bloch -- Stefan Rechsteiner, Christa Pfister and Fabian Martens -- Jacob D. Werksman -- Garba I. Malumfashi -- Geert Van Calster -- Mireille Cossy and Gabrielle Marceau -- Thomas Cottier and Donah Baracol-Pinhão. pt. 1. Climate change mitigation : scientific, political and international and trade law perspectives -- pt. 2. Climate change mitigation and trade in goods -- pt. 3. Trade in renewable energy sources -- pt. 4. Climate change mitigation and trade in services -- pt. 5. Climate change and technology transfer, investment and government procurement: legal issues -- pt. 6. Institutional challenges and the way forward --
What can trade regulation contribute towards ameliorating the GHG emissions and reducing their concentrations in the atmosphere? This collection of essays analyses options for climate-change mitigation through the lens of the trade lawyer. By examining international law, and in particular the relevant WTO agreements, the authors address the areas of potential conflict between international trade law and international law on climate mitigation and, where possible, suggest ways to strengthen mutual supportiveness between the two regimes. They do so taking into account the drivers of human-induced climate change in energy markets and of consumption.
9780511757396 (ebook)
Foreign trade regulation--Environmental aspects--Congresses. International trade--Environmental aspects--Congresses.