Paying the carbon price : the subsidisation of heavy polluters under emissions trading schemes / Dr. Elena de Lemos Pinto Aydos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aydos, Elena De Lemos Pinto, author.

Series:

New horizons in environmental and energy law.

New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emissions trading--Law and legislation.

Emissions trading.

Emissions trading--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

"[This book] analyzes the practice of freely allocating permits in emissions trading schemes (ETSs) and demonstrates how many heavy polluters participating in ETSs are not yet paying the full price of carbon. This...book provides a framework to assist policymakers in the design of transitional assistance measures that are both legally robust and will support the effectiveness of the ETSs whilst limiting negative impacts on international trade. Within the realm of international and comparative law, this book closes the gap between the legal frameworks of ETSs in practice, the economic research data and the doctrinal analysis of WTO law. These interesting insights and fresh ideas explore the connection between ETSs, the problems with free allocation of emission permits and the analysis of complex legal instruments."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Contextualising the issue

Carbon leakage and industry assistance

Real world emissions trading schemes : challenges and lessons learnt

Reconsidering the eligibility thresholds for the free allocation of permits

Free allocation and linking emissions trading schemes : the case for harmonisation

The free allocation of permits and the WTO discipline of subsidies

Summary of the main findings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78643-941-7