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International Trade Policies and Climate Change Governance

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Economics Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25252-5

ISBN: 978-3-642-25251-8

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg - Springer Journals

Jan 4, 2012

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Chapter 1Introduction

Rao, P. K.

Pages: 1 –8

[Climate change (CC) is here to stay, and its effective governance requires sufficient attention to both mitigation and adaptation aspects on a continuing basis. Environmental factors affect and are affected by CC. The latter refers to the phenomena of significant variations–persistent for...
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Chapter 2The World Trade Organization and Climate Change

Rao, P. K.

Pages: 9 –25

[The interface of trade and environment in the global arena in a multilateral setting is characterized by both trade regimes and environmental regimes, under several international agreements devised over the past few decades. International trade policies are largely governed by the WTO. The...
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Chapter 3Environmental Goods and Services Negotiations: WTO

Rao, P. K.

Pages: 27 –33

[Environmental goods and services (EGS) negotiations under the WTO framework authorized under Doha Round Ministerial Declaration of 2001 [paragraph 31 (iii)], have been going on for about a decade but showed little progress toward any practicable action in reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers...
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Chapter 4Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Trade Policies

Rao, P. K.

Pages: 35 –44

[A brief summary of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) incorporating trade measures is given below. Among the most significant MEAs using trade restrictions for environmental objectives are: Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Montreal Protocol (MP) to...
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Chapter 5Pragmatic Next Steps

Rao, P. K.

Pages: 45 –49

[Several of the alternative approaches that have been examined in the policy literature (economics, policy, and law, among others) explore the potential role of international trade policies in CCG. The main differences among these arise from variations in the time interval ahead for effecting...

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