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Zusatztext ...a remarkable single volume containing cutting-edge, state of the art knowledge on the implementation of the Kyoto mechanisms, domestic emissions trading schemes and transactions of emission reduction credits... I would highly recommend this book ... The editors deserve much credit for this invaluable contribution towards the literature on the Kyoto regime. Informationen zum Autor Dr David Freestone is Deputy General Counsel at the World Bank, Washington, D.C.Dr Charlotte Streck is Senior Counsel at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Klappentext The first protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in Kyoto in 1997. It is a unique international law instrument which sets stringent, legally binding targets for the reduction of emissions of the "greenhouse gases." Drawing on the emerging body of expertise in this complex area, this book conveys a knowledge of what is becoming known as "Carbon Finance." It provides practical legal advice to public and private sector lawyers and to civil servants who work on the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Zusammenfassung The Kyoto Protocol is an international law instrument which sets legally binding targets for the reduction of emissions of the 'greenhouse gases'. This book conveys a knowledge of 'Carbon Finance'. It provides practical legal advice to public and private sector lawyers and to civil servants who work on the implementation the Protocol. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction 1: David Freestone: The International Climate Change Legal and Institutional Framework: An Overview II. General Issues 2: Thiago Chagas, Matthieu Wermaere and Charlotte Streck: Legal Ownership and Nature of Kyoto Units and EU Allowances 3: Alan Cook: Accounting for Emission Reductions: From Costless Activity to Market Operations 4: Markus Gehring and Marie-Claire Cordonnier Segger: Trade and Investment Implications of Carbon Trading for Sustainable Development 5: Michael Mehling: Linking of Emissions Trading Schemes 6: Jolene Lin: Private Actors in International and Domestic Emissions Trading Schemes III. The Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms 7: Sander Simonetti and Rutger de Witt Wijnen: International Emissions Trading and Green Investment Schemes 8: Jelmer Hoogzaad and Charlotte Streck: Taking Stock of Joint Implementation 9: Anthony Hobley and Carly Roberts: The Practicalities of Contracting JI Transactions 10: Maria Netto and Kai-Uwe Barani Schmidt: CDM and the Role of the UNFCCC Secretariat 11: Matthias Krey and Heike Santen: Trying to catch up with the Executive Board - regulatory decision-making and its impact on CDM performance 12: Axel Michaelowa: Interpreting the Additionality of CDM Projects: Changes in Definitions and Regulatory Practices over Time 13: Christina Voigt: Responsibility for the Environmental Integrity of the CDM: Judicial Review of Executive Board Decisions 14: Martijn Wilder and Louisa Fitz-Gerald: Carbon Contracting 15: Andrew Hedges: The Secondary Market for Emissions trading: Balancing Market design and Market Based Transactions IV. Carbon Trading outside Kyoto: Regional Schemes 16: Markus Pohlmann: The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme 17: Navraj Singh Ghaleigh: Emissions Trading before the European Court of Justice: Market Making in Luxembourg V. Carbon Trading outside Kyoto: National and Sub-National Schemes 18: K Russell LaMotte, David M (Max) Williamson and Lauren A Hopkins: Emissions Trading in the US: Legal Issues 19: Kyle Danish Van Ness: Off-set provisions in emerging US Cap and Trade Programmes 20: Martijn Wilder and Louisa Fitz-Gerald: Carbon Markets and Policy in Australia: Recent Developments 21: Gray E Taylor and Michael R Barrett: Canada's Experience in Emissions Trading and Related Legal issues 22: Christopher T...
