Designing greenhouse gas reduction and regulatory systems / Sonja Enden, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Enden, Sonja.

Series:

Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.

Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greenhouse gas mitigation--Law and legislation--United States.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work explores some of the key questions and design elements of a national greenhouse gas programme in order to facilitate discussion and the development of consensus around a specific bill. It looks at the ways to structure a regulatory programme and the different approaches that this programme could take.

Contents:

Intro

DESIGNING GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION AND REGULATORY SYSTEMS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 CLIMATE CHANGE: DESIGN APPROACHES FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAM∗

ABSTRACT

CLIMATE CHANGE: DESIGN APPROACHES FOR A GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAM

INTRODUCTION: THE PRICE VERSUS QUANTITY DEBATE

FIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE COST ISSUE

APPROACHES FOR ADDRESSING COST CONCERNS

Tonnage Options

Timetable Options

Technique Options

ILLUSTRATIVE APPROACHES

ADDRESSING COSTS THROUGH MARKET MECHANISMS: RESOLVING THE PRICE-QUANTITY ISSUE

APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF SELECTED OPTIONS TO ADDRESS COST UNCERTAINTY OF GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAMS

REFERENCE

Chapter 2 COMMENTS ON DESIGN ELEMENTS OF A MANDATORY MARKET-BASED GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATORY SYSTEM∗

Chapter 3 DESIGN ELEMENTS OF A MANDATORY MARKET-BASED GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATORY SYSTEM

PURPOSE

INTRODUCTION

KEY ELEMENTS OF PROPOSALS FOR A NATIONAL PROGRAM

1. Who is Regulated and where?

Key Questions

2. Should the Costs of Regulation be Mitigated for any Sector of the Economy, through the Allocation of Allowances without Cost? Or, should Allowances be Distributed by Means of an Auction? If Allowances are Allocated, what is the Criteria for and Method of such Allocation?

a. Technology R&amp

D and Incentives

b. Adaptation Assistance

c. Consumer Protections

d. Set-Aside Programs

e. Special Considerations for Fossil-Fuel Producers?

f. Allocations for Downstream Electric Generators?

g. Allocations for Energy-Intensive Industries?

h. Allocations to other Industries/Entities?

Key Questions.

3. Should a U.S. System be Designed to Eventually Allow for Trading with other Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Systems being Put in Place around the World, such as the Canadian Large Final Emitter System or the European Union Emissions Trading System?

4. If a Key Element of the Proposed U.S. System is to "Encourage Comparable Action by other Nations that are Major Trading Partners and Key Contributors to Global Emissions," should the Design Concepts in the NCEP Plan (i.e., to Take some Action and then Make further Steps Contingent on a Review of what these other Nations Do) Be Part of a Mandatory Market-Based Program? If so, how?

INDEX

Blank Page.

Notes:

"Edited, excerpted and augmented" from reports prepared for the Congress.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 01/29/2021).

ISBN:

1-61728-364-9

OCLC:

923661838