This title is winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010 award. This book is a comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding the...... more
This title is winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010 award. This book is a comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding the opportunities offered by regulated and voluntary carbon
markets for tackling climate change. Coverage includes: an overview of the problem of climate change, with a concise review of the most recent scientific evidence in different fields; a highly accessible introduction to the economic theory and different constitutive elements of a carbon allowances
market; explanation of the Kyoto Protocol and its flexibility mechanisms; explanation of how the EU Emissions Trading Scheme works in practice; ongoing developments in regulated carbon
markets in the US; and, up-to-the-minute coverage of regulated carbon
markets in Australia. It also covers developments in New Zealand and Japan and carbon offsetting and voluntary carbon
markets. Combining theoretical aspects with practical applications, this book is for
business leaders, financiers, carbon traders, lawyers, bankers, researchers, policy makers and anyone interested in
market mechanisms to mitigate climate change. The carbon emissions resulting from the production of this book have been calculated, reduced and offset to render the book 'carbon neutral'. This title is published in association with CO2 Neutral.
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