International trade regulation and the mitigation of climate change : World Trade Forum / edited by Thomas Cottier, Olga Nartova and Sadeq Z. Bigdeli.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Cottier, Thomas, editor.

Nartova, Olga, editor.

Bigdeli, Sadeq Z., editor.

Conference Name:

World Trade Forum (11th : 2007 : Bern, Switzerland)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Foreign trade regulation.

International trade--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

International trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 437 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

International Trade Regulation & the Mitigation of Climate Change

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

pt. 1. Climate change mitigation : scientific, political and international and trade law perspectives

Earth in the greenhouse: a challenge for the twenty-first century / Thomas Stocker

A survey of Kyoto tools for greenhouse gas reductions: speculations on post-Kyoto scenarios / José Romero and Karine Stegwart

International environmental law and the evolving concept of 'common concern of mankind' / Thomas Cottier and Sofya Matteotti-Berkutova

Domestic and international strategies to address climate change: an overview of the WTO legal issues / Robert Howse and Antonia L. Eliason

pt. 2. Climate change mitigation and trade in goods

How to think about PPMs (and climate change) / Donald H. Regan

Tilting at conventional WTO wisdom / Daniel C. Crosby

Private climate change standards and labelling schemes under the WTO agreement on technical barriers / Arthur E. Appleton

pt. 3. Trade in renewable energy sources

Incentive schemes to promote renewables and the WTO law of subsidies / Sadeq Z. Bigdeli

The WTO and climate change 'incentives' / Gary N. Horlick

Certifying biofuels: benefits for the environment, development and trade? / Simonetta Zarrilli and Jennifer Burnett

pt. 4. Climate change mitigation and trade in services

GATS, financial services and trade in renewable energy certificates (RECs)

just another market-based solution to cope with the tragedy of the commons? / Panagiotis Delimatsis and Despina Mavromati

Assessment of GATS' impact on climate change mitigation / Olga Nartova

GATS' commitments on environmental services: 'hover through the fog and filthy air?' / Rudolf Adlung

pt. 5. Climate change and technology transfer, investment and government procurement: legal issues

International transfer of technologies: recent developments in the climate change context / Felix Bloch

TRIMS and the clean development mechanism

potential conflicts / Stefan Rechsteiner, Christa Pfister and Fabian Martens

Balancing investors' interests and global policy objectives in a carbon constrained world: the interface of international economic law with the clean development mechanism / Jacob D. Werksman

Procurement policies, Kyoto compliance and the WTO agreement on government procurement: the case of the EU green electricity procurement and the PPMs debate / Garba I. Malumfashi

Procurement and the World Trade Organization: purchase power or pester power? / Geert Van Calster

pt. 6. Institutional challenges and the way forward

Institutional challenges to enhance policy co-ordination: how WTO rules could be utilised to meet climate objectives? / Mireille Cossy and Gabrielle Marceau

Environmental goods and services: the environmental area initiative approach and climate change / Thomas Cottier and Donah Baracol-Pinhão.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20886-6

0-511-84713-0

1-282-63095-4

9786612630958

0-511-75725-5

0-511-75732-8

0-511-75704-2

0-511-75690-9

0-511-75718-2

OCLC:

638859584