International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change: World Trade Forum

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 9/24/2009
EAN 9780521766197, ISBN10: 0521766192

Hardcover, 456 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English

What can trade regulation contribute towards ameliorating the GHG emissions and reducing their concentrations in the atmosphere? This collection of essays analyses options for climate-change mitigation through the lens of the trade lawyer. By examining international law, and in particular the relevant WTO agreements, the authors address the areas of potential conflict between international trade law and international law on climate mitigation and, where possible, suggest ways to strengthen mutual supportiveness between the two regimes. They do so taking into account the drivers of human-induced climate change in energy markets and of consumption.

Part I. Climate Change Mitigation
Scientific, Political and International and Trade Law Perspectives
1. Earth in the greenhouse – a challenge for the 21st century Thomas Stocker
2. A survey of Kyoto tools for GHG reductions
speculations on post-Kyoto scenarios José Romero and Karine Siegwart
3. International environmental law and the evolving concept of 'common concern of mankind' Thomas Cottier and Sofya Matteotti-Berkutova
4. Domestic and international strategies to address climate change
an overview of the WTO legal issues Robert Howse and Antonia Eliason
Part II. Climate Change Mitigation and Trade in Goods
5. How to think about PPMS and climate change Donald Regan
6. Comment
tilting at conventional WTO wisdom Daniel C. Crosby
7. Private climate change standards and labelling schemes under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade Arthur E. Appleton
Part III. Trade in Renewable Energy Sources
8. Incentive schemes to promote renewables and the WTO law of subsidies Sadeq Z. Bigdeli
9. Comment
The WTO and climate change incentives Gary Horlick
10. Certifying biofuels
benefits for the environment, development and trade? Simonetta Zarrilli and Jennifer Burnett
Part IV. Climate Change Mitigation and Trade in Services
11. GATS, financial services and trade in renewable energy certificates (RECs) – just another market-based solution to cope with the tragedy of the commons? Panagiotis Delimatsis and Despina Mavromati
12. Assessment of GATS impact on climate change mitigation Olga Nartova
13. Comments
GATS commitments on environmental services
'hover through the fog and filthy air?' Rudolf Adlung
Part V. Climate Change and Technology Transfer, Investment and Government Procurement
Legal Issues
14. International transfer of technologies
recent developments in the climate change context Felix Bloch
15. TRIMs and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) – potential conflicts Stefan Rechsteiner, Christa Pfister and Fabian Martens
16. Comment
Balancing investors' interests and global policy objectives in a carbon constrained world
the interface of international economic law with the Clean Development Mechanism Jacob D. Werksman
17. Procurement policies, Kyoto compliance and the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
the case of the EU's green electricity procurement and the PPMs debate Garba Malumfashi
18. Comment
Procurement and the World Trade Organization
purchase power or pester power? Geert Van Calster
Part VI. Institutional Challenges and the Way Forward
19. Institutional challenges to enhance policy coordination – how WTO rules could be utilized to meet climate objectives? Mireille Cossy and Gabrielle Marceau
20. Environmental goods and services
the environmental area initiative approach and climate change Thomas Cottier and Donah Baracol-Pinhão.