Environmental Markets : Equity and Efficiency / Graciela Chichilnisky, Geoffrey Heal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chichilnisky, Graciela, editor.

Heal, G. M., editor.

Series:

Economics for a Sustainable Earth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon taxes.

Emissions trading.

Environmental policy.

International economic relations.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Markets are increasingly central to the resolution of environmental problems. They played a critical role in implementing the 1990 Clean Air Act of the United States, which has been instrumental in reducing acid rain in a cost-effective manner. They are also central to the global strategy adopted for limiting the emissions of greenhouse gases under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and are being used for resolving conflicts over the use of other environmental resources, particularly water. Environmental Markets: Equity and Efficiency represents the first systematic and in-depth study of the economic issues raised by this growing use of environmental markets. Focusing on the relationship between equity and efficiency-which is central to many of the debates between industrial and developing countries-the book explores the underlying economics and the possibilities for win-win solutions that benefit all parties to the problems.Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal have been instrumental in developing the economic understanding required for the operation of environmental markets and for promoting their use among policy makers leading to the Kyoto Protocol. Contributors to this volume include established experts from international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and academia, including Raúl Estrada-Oyuela, who chaired the negotiating committee of the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto meetings.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction / Chichilnisky, Graciela / Heal, Geoffrey

Chapter 2. Markets for Tradable Carbon Dioxide Emission Quotas: Principles and Practice / Chichilnisky, Graciela / Heal, Geoffrey

Chapter 3. Equity and Efficiency in Environmental Markets: Global Trade in Carbon Dioxide Emissions / Chichilnisky, Graciela / Heal, Geoffrey / Starrett, David

Chapter 4. Emissions Constraints, Emission Permits, and Marginal Abatement Costs / Heal, Geoffrey

Chapter 5. Equilibrium and Efficiency: International Emission Permits Markets / Heal, Geoffrey / Lin, Yun

Chapter 6. Efficiency Properties of a Constant-Ratio Mechanism for the Distribution of Tradable Emission Permits / Prat, Andrea

Chapter 7. Who Should Abate Carbon Emissions? An International Viewpoint / Chichilnisky, Graciela / Heal, Geoffrey

Chapter 8. Differentiated or Uniform International Carbon Taxes: Theoretical Evidences and Procedural Constraints / Hourcade, Jean-Charles / Gilotte, Laurent

Chapter 9. Efficiency and Distribution in Computable Models of Carbon Emission Abatement / Oliveira Martins, Joaquim / Sturm, Peter

Chapter 10. Securitizing the Biosphere / Chichilnisky, Graciela / Heal, Geoffrey

Chapter 11. Equity and Efficiency in Emission Markets: The Case for an International Bank for Environmental Settlements / Chichilnisky, Graciela

Chapter 12. The Clean Development Mechanism: Unwrapping the ''Kyoto Surprise'' / Werksman, Jacob

Chapter 13. Knowledge and the Environment: Markets with Privately Produced Public Goods

Chapter 14. A Commentary on the Kyoto Protocol 247 Rau´ l Estrada-Oyuela / Estrada-Oyuela, Raúl

Appendix. The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9780231504478

0231504470

OCLC:

51606503