Personal carbon trading / edited by Tina Fawcett and Yael Parag.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fawcett, Tina, editor.

Parag, Yair, 1929-2001, editor.

Series:

Climate Policy Series

Climate Policy, 1469-3062 ; Volume 10, Issue 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection--Citizen participation.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Personal carbon trading is rapidly moving up the political agenda as recognition grows of its potential to address urgent issues of climate change and natural resource use. Under personal carbon trading schemes a carbon allowance would be allocated to each individual, to be used and traded in the same way as in national and international carbon trading schemes. 1. Personal Carbon Trading in the Context of the EU Emission Trading Scheme2. PCT in Different National Contexts 3. The Economics of Personal Carbon Trading: a Review4. The Interaction of Existing and Proposed Economic Instruments and Personal Carbon Trading Schemes 5. Barriers to Personal Carbon Trading in the Policy Arena6. Policing Carbon: Design and Enforcement Options for Personal Carbon Trading7. Effects of Personal Carbon Allowances on Decision-Making: Evidence from an Experimental Simulation8. Social Acceptability of Personal Carbon Allowances: Findings from a Mixed-method Study9a. Upstream, Downstream9b. An Upstream Alternative to Personal Carbon TradingPCT at a National LevelPCT and Individuals, Communities and OrganisationsPCT Variants - Brief ContributionsThis volume presents the latest research on personal carbon trading at different scales - from the effects on the individual, communities and organisations, to its place in national, EU (including the EU ETS) and global policy landscapes. It presents key research on the economic and policy barriers and implications, and will be essential reading for anyone involved in emissions trading research or policymaking.

Contents:

Contents; Aims and scope; EDITORIAL An introduction to personal carbon trading; RESEARCH ARTICLE Personal carbon trading in differentnational contexts; RESEARCH ARTICLE Barriers to personal carbon trading in the policy arena; RESEARCH ARTICLE Effects of personal carbon allowances on decision-making: evidence from an experimental simulation; RESEARCH ARTICLE Public attitudes to personal carbon allowances: findings from a mixed-method study; RESEARCH ARTICLE Attitudes to personal carbon allowances: political trust, fairness and ideology

RESEARCH ARTICLE Policing carbon: design and enforcement options for personal carbon tradingRESEARCH ARTICLE The economics of personal carbon trading; SYNTHESIS ARTICLE Personal carbon trading in the context of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme; OUTLOOK: INSIGHT Upstream, downstream: the importance of psychological framing for carbon emissionreduction policies; OUTLOOK: INSIGHT An upstream alternative to personal carbon trading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781136530111

1136530118

9781136530128

1136530126

9781849776721

1849776725

OCLC:

694729165