Constructing climate change legislation : background and issues /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
Otros Autores: Overhauser, Gerald P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
Colección:Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Law and legislation > United States.
Greenhouse gases > Law and legislation > United States.
Emissions trading > Law and legislation > United States.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Climatic changes > Law and legislation
Emissions trading > Law and legislation
Greenhouse gases > Law and legislation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONSTRUCTING CLIMATECHANGE LEGISLATION:BACKGROUND AND ISSUES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGNWHITE PAPERGETTING THE MOST GREENHOUSE GASREDUCTIONS FOR OUR MONEY; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; Program Costs; Costs of Inaction; CAPTURING ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL AND LOW-COSTREDUCTIONS; CAP-AND-TRADE REGULATORY PROGRAM -CORNERSTONE OF A LOW COST PROGRAM; Flexibility; Incentives for Low-Cost Reductions; Incentives for Technology Advances; Principles for Smart Program Design and Implementation; Market Mechanisms to Manage Risk.
  • OPTIONAL CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM FEATURES TOCONTROL COSTSBanking; Offsets and International Trading; Firm-Level Borrowing from the Future; Multi-Year Compliance Periods; SPECIAL COST CONTAINMENT MECHANISMS: SAFETYVALVE, CIRCUIT BREAKER, INDEPENDENT AGENCY, ANDSTRATEGIC RESERVE; Safety Valve And Unlimited Allowances; Independent Agency with Broad Discretion to Release Allowances; STRATEGIC ALLOWANCE RESERVE AND AN AGENCY WITHLIMITED DISCRETION TO INTERVENE IN THE MARKET; Variations; A Price Floor for Allowances; Complementary Measures.
  • DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOWANCES OR PROCEEDS FROM THESALE OF ALLOWANCESBIG AND SMALL PLAYERS IN THE SAME MARKET; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGNWHITE PAPERAPPROPRIATE ROLES FOR DIFFERENTLEVELS OF GOVERNMENT; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; State and Local Climate Change Programs; RATIONALIZING GOVERNMENTAL ROLES; The Global Effect of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Effect on the Level and Cost of National Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Efficient Use of Government and Societal Resources; The Benefit of States, Tribes, and Localities as Laboratories; Differing Local Circumstances.
  • Burden on Interstate CommerceThe Imposition of Burdens on other States; Stakeholder Needs; Balancing These Factors; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGNWHITE PAPERCOMPETITIVENESS CONCERNS/ENGAGINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; RATE OF GROWTH IN CARBON EMISSIONS OF DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES; U.N. FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, KYOTO PROTOCOL, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; POLICY OPTIONS FOR ENCOURAGING DEVELOPINGNATIONS TO LIMIT THEIR CARBON EMISSIONS; THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
  • PROCESS FORRESOLUTION OF TRADE DISPUTES.
  • POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF WTO RULES/PROCESS FORU. S. CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATIONQuestions for Further Discussion; APPENDIX A: COMPARISON OF COUNTRIES' GREENHOUSEGAS EMISSIONS; REFERENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGNWHITE PAPERSCOPE OF A CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; KEY DESIGN PRINCIPLES; COVERAGE
  • GREENHOUSE GASES; Economic Sectors; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; MEMORANDUM; INDEX.

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