Flexibility in climate policy : making the Kyoto mechanisms work / edited by Tim Jackson, Katie Begg, Stuart Parkinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Tim.

Begg, Katie.

Parkinson, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Greenhouse gases--Government policy.

Greenhouse gases.

Climatic changes--International cooperation.

Greenhouse gases--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xx, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2001.

Summary:

Since the unanimous adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) in 1997, the negotiation of policy responses to climate change has become an area of major research. This authoritative volume sets out the main debates and processes of "joint implementation" -- bilateral or multilateral investments in greenhouse gas emission reduction or sequestration -- and explores the issues involved in constructing an appropriate institutional framework.

It examines the key economic, environmental, social and ethical impacts, and assesses the operational design of the flexibility mechanisms of joint implementation, including "emissions trading". It provides detailed case studies of energy sector investment in eastern European host countries with donor countries considered in northern Europe. This book will have a major impact on the contemporary debates on climate policy in the wake of the Kyoto Protocol.

Contents:

1 Beyond Joint Implementation: An overview and summary of the argument / T Jackson, K Begg, S Parkinson

Summary of the argument 3

2 The Language of Flexibility: Operational forms of joint implementation / T Jackson, K Begg, S Parkinson

Institutional background 16

Classification of flexibility mechanisms 18

Schematic representation of joint implementation characteristics 20

Flexibility mechanisms in the Kyoto Protocol 22

3 Objectives of Joint Implementation: Towards a multicriteria evaluation framework / T Jackson, K Begg, S Parkinson

Environmental effectiveness 30

Equity 35

Economic efficiency 38

4 The Baseline Question: Dealing with the problem of counterfactuality / K Begg, T Jackson, P-E Morthorst, S Parkinson

The system boundary 46

Critical elements in the construction of baselines 51

A review of approaches to baseline construction 54

5 Case Study Projects / K Begg, T Kallaste, K Leutgob

Project selection 61

Host country contexts 62

Donor country contexts 65

Data collection 68

Project descriptions 69

6 Environmental and Social Aspects of Joint Implementation: Methodologies and case study results / M Chadwick, K Begg, G Haq, T Jackson

The environmental context of joint implementation 79

Methods of environmental and social impact assessment 81

A retrospective environmental impact assessment for case study projects 96

Environmental and social impact assessment: routine methods for joint implementation actions 105

7 Accounting for Emissions Reductions and Costs: Methodology and case study results / S Parkinson, P Bailey, K Begg, T Jackson

Methodology 112

Assumptions for project-level assessment 119

Case study results: emissions and costs 121

Case study results: baseline construction 121

Case study results: evaluation of critical variables 126

Comparison with the Framework Convention on Climate Change reported data 133

8 Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis: Methodology and case study results / S Parkinson, P Bailey, K Begg, T Jackson

Sources of uncertainty 137

Methodologies for dealing with uncertainty 139

Project- versus system-level assessment 142

Effect of different accounting frameworks 147

Feasibility- versus monitoring-based assessment 149

Effect of background factors 154

Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis using stochastic simulation 155

9 Measures for Managing Flexibility: Dealing with complexity and uncertainty / K Begg, T Jackson, S Parkinson, P-E Morthorst, L Nielsen

The incentives for gaming 164

Baseline management 167

Monitoring and verification 175

Accreditation procedures 177

Summary of individual measures 180

Constructing a package of measures 180

10 Evaluating Joint Implementation Options: An illustrative analysis / K Begg, T Jackson, S Parkinson, P-E Morthorst

Operational parameters for joint implementation 186

Defining joint implementation options 190

Methodologies for evaluating joint implementation options 200

Illustrative evaluation using multi-attribute decision analysis techniques 204

Minimum requirements for joint implementation 210

Appendix 1 Analysis of Crediting Regimes 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-236) and index.

ISBN:

1853837059

1853837067

OCLC:

45044140